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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1988
ARK MEASURED AT ALL TRADE STATISTICS PRESENTED HERE
CURRENT PRICES AND NO ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TAKEN OF THE CHANGES IN PRICES BETWEEN
A SEPARATE ANALYSIS OF THE THE PERIODS OF COMPARISON. VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN DECEMBER 1987 WILL IN EARLY MARCH.
PRICE AND BE RELEASED
THE CHANGES
IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
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HONG
10 KONG'S
MAJOR
1987 WITH THE COMPARING THE YEAR
YEAR 1986, INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN VALUE TERMS WERE RECORDED IN ALL DIVISIONS.
MAJOR COMMODITY
THE MORE NOTABLE ONES INCLUDED
CENT);
TEXTILES
MILLION CENT);
18
CLOTHING (BY $13,159 (BY
OR 46 PER OR 25 PER
$5,050 MILLION
(BY
OR $4,552 MILLION MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES
PER APPLIANCES AND CENT); AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $3,287 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT).
IN VEGETABLES AND BQUIPMENT
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED FRUIT (BY $83 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT); AS WELL AS TRANSPORT OTHER THAN ROAD VEHICLES (BY $17 MILLION OR 13 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 SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.
ARE
IN
1987 WITH THE YEAR COMPARING THE YEAR
1986, INCREASES TERMS WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILES IMPORTS IN VALUE
(BY $14,731
MILLION
APPARATUS AND OR 35
MACHINERY, PER CENT); ELECTRICAL
PER APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $11,404 MILLION OR 48
AND CENT);
SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $7,843 MILLION OR 57 PER AS MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $6,609 MILLION CENT).
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
CENT); AS WELL OR 45 PER
AS
OR
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN COFFEE, TEA, COCOA, SPICES,
AS WELL AND MANUFACTURES THEREOF (BY $48 MILLION OR 4 PER CENT);
ANIMAL PROCESSED ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS AND FATS, AND WAXES OF VEGETABLE ORIGIN (BY $33 MILLION OR 57 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.
COMPARING THE YEAR
MARKETS ARE
1987
CENT);
CENT)
AS WELL.
THE YEAR WITH
IN 1986, INCREASES REGISTERED FOR TEXTILES (BY RE-EXPORTS IN VALUE TERMS WERE
$8,238 (BY PER
ARTICLES MILLION OR 41
MANUFACTURED MISCELLANEOUS
MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND $7,541 MILLION OR 73 PER CENT); ELECTRICAL
66 PER APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $6,338 MILLION OR
RECORDING AND AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND
MILLION OR 79 PER REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT CENT).
SOUND
(BY
$5,276
/HOWEVER, DECREASES