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THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1988
JANUARY
1988 WITH
JANUARY
COMPARING RE-EXPORTS IN VALUE TERMS WERE REGISTERED
INCREASES
IN
$792
$680
1987, FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,
AND
PARTS ELECTRICAL
THEREOF
(BY APPLIANCES APPARATUS AND MILLION OR 86 PER CENT); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY
OR 36 PER CENT) MILLION OR 70 PER CENT); CLOTHING (BY $576 MILLION AND TEXTILES (BY $507 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN BEVERAGES
OR 17 PER CENT); AS $7 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT).
WELL AS
OIL
SEEDS AND
(BY OLEAGINOUS
$8 MILLION
FRUIT
(BY
THE ILLUSTRATES
CHANGES
IN
RE-EXPORTS
BY MAJOR
TABLE 6
COMMODITY DIVISION.
DETAILED STATISTICS ON TRADE VALUE BY COMMODITY AND BY ARE AVAILABLE IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.
COUNTRY
THE JANUARY 1988 ISSUE
HONG KONG TRADE
AROUND MARCH AVAILABLE WILL BE SUMMARY" GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION CENTRE AT $9.50 PER COPY.
OF THE FOR SALE
20,
STATISTICS
AT
THE
I
IN
TRADE" WITH JANUARY
A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, "HONG KONG EXTERNAL
EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF IMPORTS, 1988 WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY APRIL AT $17.50 PER COPY.
MAY FRENCH MISSION
ON
DEPARTMENT
ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS BE DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG (TEL. 5-8428802) AND ENQUIRIES TRADE STATISTICS (TEL. 5-8234915).
TO
THE
CENSUS AND
STATISTICS
TABLE 1: DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY 10 MAJOR MARKETS
MAJOR MARKET
JANUARY
1988
(HKD MN.}
JANUARY
1987 (HKD MN.)
INCREASE
PERCENTAGE INCREASE
(HKD MN.}
(%)
U.S.A.
5,595
5,313
283
5
CHINA
2.479
1,726
753
44
F.R. OF GERMANY
1,554
1,202
352
29
U.K.
1,057
891
166
19
JAPAN
749
649
101
16
CANADA
513
458
56
12
NETHERLANDS
376
341
34
10
SINGAPORE
360
247
114
46
FRANCE
339
257
82
32
AUSTRALIA
305
265
40
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/TABLE 2: