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COMPARING JANUARY TO JULY 1987 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1986, INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN VALUE TERMS WERE RECORDED IN MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS. THE MORE NOTABLE ONES INCLUDE CLOTHING $7,820 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT); TEXTILES (BY $3,377 MILLION OR 62 CENT); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $3,295 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT); AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND BOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2,649 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $48 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT); AS WELL AS TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN ROAD VEHICLES (BY $29 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT).
TABLE 2 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC COMMODITY DIVISION.
EXPORTS BY MAJOR
THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM HONG KONG'S 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.
COMPARING JANUARY TO JULY 1987 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1986, INCREASES IN IMPORTS IN VALUE TERMS WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILES (BY $9,082 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY 96,626 MILLION OR 53 PER CENT); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $4,799 MILLION OR 71 PER CENT); AND CLOTHING (BY $4,353 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT).
PETROLEUM CENT); AS
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN PETROLEUM, PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $193 MILLION OR 5 PER WELL AS COFFEE, TEA, COCOA, SPICES, AND MANUFACTURES THEREOF (BY $102 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT).
TABLE 4 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY
DIVISION.
THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS TO HONG KONG'S 10 MAJOR MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 5.
COMPARING JANUARY TO JULY 1987 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1986, INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS IN VALUE TERMS WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILES (BY $5,258 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT); CLOTHING (BY $3,950 MILLION OR 60 PER CENT); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $3,836 MILLION OR 78 PER CENT); AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $3,141 MILLION OR 62 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN ROAD VEHICLES (BY $340 MILLION OR 62 PER CENT); AS WELL AS COFFEE, TEA, COCOA, SPICES, AND MANUFACTURES THEREOF (BY $183 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT).
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