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COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1988 WITH THE SAMB QUARTER IN 1987. INCREASES IN IMPORTS IN VALUE TERMS WERK REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $2,995 MILLION OR 42 PER CENT); ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $2,028 MILLION OR 102 PER CENT); PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $1,368 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT); AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $1.173 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN ROAD VEHICLES (BY $361 MILLION OR 40 PER CENT); AND COAL, COKE AND BRIQUETTES (BY $37 MILLION OR 8 PER CENT).
TABLE 4 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY
DIVISION.
THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS TO HONG KONG'S 10 MAJOR MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 5.
WERE REGISTERED POR AND ELECTRICAL PARTS CENT); MISCELLANEOUS
COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1988 WITH THE SAME QUARTER IN 1987, INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS
IN VALUE TERMS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES THEREOF (BY $2,417 MILLION OR 80 PER MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $1,576 MILLION TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1,176 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT); AND TEXTILES (BY MILLION OR 20 PER CENT).
OR
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PER CENT);
$1.125
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUIT (RY $37 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT); AND MISCELLANEOUS EDIBLE PRODUCTS AND PREPARATIONS (BY $13 MILLION OR 9 PER CENT).
TABLE 6 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION.
DETAILED STATISTICS ON TRADE VALUE BY COMMODITY AND BY COUNTRY ARE AVAILABLE IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.
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TRADE
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