7
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1988
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN ROAD VEHICLES (BY $318 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT); AS WELL AS COFFEE, TEA, COCOA, SPICES, AND MANUFACTURES THEREOF (BY $220 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT).
TABLE 6 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISON.
DETAILED STATISTICS ON TRADE VALUE BY COMMODITY AND BY COUNTRY OF ARE AVAILABLE IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS. THE DECEMBER 1987 ISSUE THE "HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS SUMMARY" WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AROUND FEBRUARY 20, AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE AT $5.50 PER COPY.
A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE", WITH A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN DECEMBER 1987 WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY MARCH AT $15 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS
THE INFORMATION MAY BE DIRECTED TO
SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT FRENCH MISSION BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG (TEL. NO. : 5-8428802) AND ENQUIRIES ON TRADE STATISTICS TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. 5-8234915).
TABLE 1:
MAJOR MARKET
DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY 10 MAJOR MARKETS
JAN-DEC
1987
(HKD MN.)
JAN-DEC 87
OVER JAN-DEC 86
(x)
DEC 1987
DEC 87 OVER DEC 86
(HKD MN.)
(%)
U.S.A.
72,817
+ 13
6,152
CHINA
27,871
+ 55
2,953
+ 47
F.R. OF GERMANY
14,855
+ 36
1,617
+ 20
U.K.
12,905
+ 30
1.471
+ 41
JAPAN
9,489
+ 53
789
+ 20
CANADA
5,656
+ 16
597
+ 27
NETHERLANDS
4,027
+ 44
532
+ 48
SINGAPORE
3,880
+ 39
418
+ 78
FRANCE
3,790
+44
407
+ 42
AUSTRALIA
3,697
+ 10
362
+ 11
/TABLE 2: