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HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN COFFEE, TEA, COCOA, SPICES, AND MANUFACTURES THEREOF (BY $48 MILLION OR 4 PER CENT) AS WELL AS PROCESSED ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS AND FATS, AND WAXES OF ANIMAL VEGETABLE ORIGIN (BY $33 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT).
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, INCREASES IN THE VALUE DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $13,159 MILLION OR FER CENT) AS WELL AS IN TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $5,050 MILLION OR 46' PER CENT).
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HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $83 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT} AS WELL AS TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN ROAD VEHICLES (BY $17 MILLION OR PER CENT).
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RE-EXPORTS GREW SIGNIFICANTLY BY 49 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS 1987 AS COMPARED WITH THE 16 PER CENT IN INCREASE 1986. RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA AND TO THE UNITED STATES INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY BY $19,277 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT, AND BY $10,092 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS ΤΟ AFGHANISTAN (BY $44 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT) AND TO IRAN (BY $32 MILLION OR 65 PER CENT).
THE COMMODITIES WITH SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH IN VALUE TERMS INCLUDED TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $8,238 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT) AS WELL AS MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $7,541 MILLION OR 73 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERD FOR 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),
IN 1987, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS OF CHINA ORIGIN INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY BY $32,669 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT, WITH THE LARGEST INCREASE RECORDED IN MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $6,680 MILLION OR 87 PER CENT).
THE UNITED STATES REMAINED THE LARGEST MARKET, ABSORBING 33 PER CENT OF ALL RE-EXPORTS OF CHINA ORIGIN THROUGH HONG KONG.
THE MAJOR GROWTH IN THIS MARKET WAS RECORDED IN MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES SPORTING GOODS (BY $3,459 MILLION OR 71 PER CENT).
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THE VALUE OF AIRBORNE TRADE IN 1987, REPRESENTING 22 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE, INCREASED BY PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH 1986.
939. 722 MILLION
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