THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1988
INCREASES WERE APPARATUS
ANALYSED BY COUNTRY WITHIN COMMODITY, REGISTERED FOR AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF
TO TAIWAN (BY $1,343
MILLION
13 OR 108
PER
MILLION OR 69 PER CENT) AND THE U.S.A. (BY $531 CENT); CLOTHING TO THE U.S.A. (BY $311 MILLION OR THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (BY $159 MILLION OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT TO $428 MILLION OR 59 PER CENT); AND PHOTOGRAPHIC AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS TO THE $176 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE
APPARATUS,
OR 65 PER CENT) AND PER CENT);
CHINA (BY EQUIPMENT U.S.A. (BY
AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS OF THE U.S.A. (BY $36 OR 99 PER CENT); MILLION OR 27 PER PHILIPPINES (BY $3
RECORDED IN POWER GENERATING MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT TO MILLION OR 43 PER CENT) AND IRAN (BY $19 MILLION METALWORKING MACHINERY TO MALAYSIA WEST (BY $6 CENT); AND TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES то MILLION OR 49 PER CENT).
REPORT THE
FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE, DECEMBER 1987" WHICH IS NOW ON SALE AT GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $15 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE CENSUS DEPARTMENT ON 5-8234915.
AND
STATISTICS
:
TABLE 1: AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO 10 MAJOR MARKETS
MAJOR MARKET
JAN-DEC 1987 (HKD MN.)
JAN-DEC 1986 (HKD MN. }
INCREASE
(HKD MN.)
PERCENTAGE INCREASE
(X)
U.S.A.
25, 174
21,624
+3,550
+ 16
JAPAN
5,725
3,623
1
+2, 101
+ 58
F.R. OF GERMANY
4,865
3,723
+1,142
+ 31
U.K.
2.783
2,148
+
636
+ 30
CANADA
1,536
1,335
+
202
+ 15
SINGAPORE
1.440
945
495
+ 52
SWITZERLAND
1.388
946
442
+ 47
NETHERLANDS
1.238
966
+
272
+ 28
FRANCE
1,207
1,021
186
+ 18
ITALY
795
569
+
226
+ 40
/TABLE 2:
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