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THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM HONG KONG'S 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.
ARE
THEREOF (BY SOUND AND
1987 WITH THE SAME COMPARING THE PERIOD JANUARY TO NOVEMBER
TERMS WERE REGISTERED PERIOD IN 1986, INCREASES IN IMPORTS IN VALUE
36 OR
PER MILLION
CENT); ELECTRICAL FOR TEXTILES (BY $13,884 MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS
MILLION OR 48 PER
TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENT): $10,184 RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY OR 58 PER CENT); AS WELL AS MISCELLANEOUS MANUAFACTURED $6,006 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT).
$7,199 MILLION ARTICLES (BY
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN COFFEE, TEA, COCOA, SPICES, WELL AS AND MANUFACTURES THEREOF (BY $93 MILLION OR 8 PER CENT); AS CEREALS AND CERRAL PREPARATIONS (BY $69 MILLION OR 4 PER CENT).
TABLE 4 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY
DIVISION.
MAJOR COMMODITY
THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS TO HONG KONG'S 10 MAJOR SHOWN IN TABLE 5.
MARKETS
ARE
PERIOD REGISTERED MISCELLANEOUS 74 PER CENT);
MANUFACTURED
COMPARING THE PERIOD JANUARY TO NOVEMBER
IN RE-EXPORTS IN 1986, INCREASES
MILLION (BY $7.662 FOR TEXTILES
ARTICLES (BY
OR $6,932
AND
1987 WITH THE SAME IN VALUE TERMS WERE 43 PER CENT);
MILLION APPLIANCES
OR
AND
CENT) AS WELL AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS
APPARATUS MACHINERY, ELECTRICAL ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $5,638 MILLION OR 66 PER AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND EQUIPMENT (BY $4,884 MILLION OR 83 PER CENT).
EQUIPMENT OTHER HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TRANSPORT
OR 48 PER CENT); AS WELL AS THAN ROAD VEHICLES (BY $322 MILLION COFFEE, TEA, COCOA, SPICES, AND MANUFACTURES THEREOF (BY $240 OR 28 PER CENT).
MILLION
6 COMMODITY DIVISION.
TABLE
ILLUSTRATES
THE CHANGES
IN RE-EXPORTS
BY
MAJOR
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COUNTRY
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