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THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1988
ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, MORE NOTABLE INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR AIRBORNE IMPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $5,944 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT); NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $2,429 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT); PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $2,097 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT); AND OFFICK MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $1,499 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT).
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HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN AIRBORNE IMPORTS OF DYEING TANNING AND COLOURING MATERIALS (BY $89 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT); CRUDE FERTILISERS AND CRUDE MINERALS (BY $10 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT); AND SUGAR, SUGAR PREPARATIONS AND HONEY (BY $4 MILLION OR 67 PER CENT).
ANALYSED BY COUNTRY WITHIN COMMODITY, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN AIRBORNE IMPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF FROM JAPAN (BY $1,729 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT) AND MALAYSIA WEST (BY $995 MILLION OR 103 PER CENT); NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES FROM ISRAEL (BY $758 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT) AND THE U.S.A. (BY $454 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT); PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS FROM SWITZERLAND (BY $1,032 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT); AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT FROM THE U.S.A. (BY $668 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN AIRBORNE IMPORTS OF DYEING, TANNING AND COLOURING MATERIALS FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (BY $48 MILLION OR 60 PER CENT) AND SWITZERLAND (BY $24 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT); CRUDE FERTILISERS AND CRUDE MINERALS FROM THE NETHERLANDS (BY $9 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT); AND SUGAR, SUGAR PREPARATIONS AND HONEY FROM CHINA (BY $3 MILLION OR 87 PER CENT).
AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS TO MAJOR MARKETS ARE DEPICTED IN TABLE 3.
HONG KONG'S AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS TO ALL MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED IN VALUE TORMS IN 1987 OVER 1986, THE GROWTH WAS PARTICULARLY STRONG FOR BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG (+87 PER CENT), THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (+75 PER CENT), AUSTRALIA (+63 PER CENT), TAIWAN (+63 PER CENT) AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+50 PER CENT).
ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, MORE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN VALUE OF AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $3,243 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT); CLOTHING (BY $1,038 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT
(BY $912 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT); AND PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND $881 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT).
APPARATUS,
CLOCKS
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HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR POWER GENERATING MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT (BY $61 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT); METALWORKING MACHINERY ( (BY $9 MILLION OR 8 PER CENT); AND TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $3 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT).
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