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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1987
THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS OF 1.9.A. ORIGIN INCREASED BY 25 PER CENT IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1987, PARTICULARLY FOR OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $467 MILLION OR 86 PER CENT) AS WELL. AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $136 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT). BUT A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN ROAD VEHICLES (BY $385 MILLION OR 88 PER CENT).
BY 47 PER
THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS OF TAIWAN ORIGIN INCREASED CENT. COMMODITIES WITH SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE TEXTILES (BY $850 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $137 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN TRON AND STEEL (BY MILLION OR 79 PER CENT).
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THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATING IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA INCREASED BY 72 PER CENT, PARTICULARLY FOR TEXTILES (BY $395 MILLION OR 65 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $298 MILLION OR 102 PER CENT). BUT A DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $27 MILLION OR 100 PER CENT).
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FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE REPORT HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE, JUNE 1987" WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE IN EARLY SEPTEMBER AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CFNTRE AT $15 PER COPY. ENQUIRIES MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS
ON 5-8234915.
DEPARTMENT
TABLE 1:
RE-EXPORTS BY TEN MAJOR MARKETS
MAJOR MARKET
JAN-JUN
1987 (HRD MN.) (HKD MN.)
FAN-JUN 1986
INCREASE
PERCENTAGE
(HKD MN.)
INCREASE
( %}
CHINA
26,037
17.628
+ 8,409
+ 18
U.S.A.
15,016
9.121
+ 5,928
+ 65
TAIWAN
4,393
2.761
+ 1,632
+ 59
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
1,276
2.630
+ 1.616
+ 63
JAPAN
3,897
2,788
+
109
+
+ 40
SINGAPORE
2.939
2,172
467
+ 19
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