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THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1988
DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING
VALUE TERMS OR LESS THAN 0.5 PER CENT
INCREASED BY $129 MILLION IN
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ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN ELECTRIC CURRENT (BY $84 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT) AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $67 MILLION OR 1 PER CENT).
TABLE 2 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION.
THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM HONG KONG'S 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.
COMPARING THE FIRST HALF OF 1988 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN
1987, MORE NOTABLE INCREASES IN IMPORTS IN VALUE TERMS WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $7,263 MILLION OF 46 PER CENT); AND ARTIFICIAL RESINS PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $5,333 MILLION OR 113 PER CENT).
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THERE WERE ALSO NOTABLE INCREASES
IN PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $3,290 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT); AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $3,203 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT).
IMPORTS OF TEXTILES INCREASED BY $1,939 MILLION OR 7 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS.
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN RAW HIDES, SKINS AND FURSKINS (BY $230 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT); AND PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $105 MILLION OR 3 PER CENT).
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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
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COMPARING THE FIRST HALF OF 1988 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1987, MORE NOTABLE INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS IN VALUE TERMS WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $5,315 MILLION OR 78 PER CENT); AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $1,005 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT).
THERE WERE ALSO NOTABLE INCREASES IN ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND 'LASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $3,215 MILLION OR 243 PER CENT); AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2,599 MILLION OR 54 PRR CENT).
RE-EXPORTS OF TEXTILES INCREASED BY $2,386 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS.
/HOWEVER, DECREASES