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HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $774 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT); AND ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $6 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT).
RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN INCREASED BY $3,396 MILLION OR 87 PER CENT, ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $620 MILLION OR 137 PER CENT); AND TEXTILES (BY $448 MILLION OR 151 PER CENT). A DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $24 MILLION OR 75 PER CENT).
RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN RECORDED AN INCREASE OF $2,123 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT. SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $847 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT); AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $192 MILLION OR 409 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN CORK AND WOOD (BY $11 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT).
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RE-EXPORTS TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA GREW BY $1,110 MILLION OR PER CENT. SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $440 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT); AND NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $398 MILLION OR 384 PER CENT). A DECREASE WAS REGISTERED FOR RAW HIDES, SKINS AND FURSKINS (BY 6 MILLION OR 71 PER CENT),
RE-EXPORTS BY COUNTRY OR ORIGIN
RE-EXPORTS FROM 10 MAJOR COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN ARE GIVEN IN
TABLE 2.
GOODS FROM CHINA, JAPAN, TAIWAN, THE U.S.A. AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA CONTRIBUTED 17 PER CENT, 13 PER CENT, 7 PER CENT, 7 PER CENT AND 5 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS THROUGH HONG KONG IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1988.
COMPARING THE FIRST HALF OF 1988 WITH THE FIRST HALF OF 1987, ALL THE MAJOR ORIGIN COUNTRIES SUPPLIED MORE IN VALUE TERMS ΤΟ HONG KONG FOR RE-EXPORTS, PARTICULARLY INDIA (+155 PER CENT), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+103 PER CENT), TAIWAN (+57 PER CENT), CHINA (+50 PER CENT), JAPAN (+43 PER CENT) AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (+11 PER CENT).
CHINA CONTINUED ΤΟ BE THE LARGEST SOURCE OF RE-EXPORTS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1988. A GROWTH OF 60 VALUE TERMS WAS RECORDED IN THE RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATING COMPARED WITH THE FIRST HALF OF 1987.
ANALYSED
INCREASES WERE
HONG KONG'S PER CENT IN IN CHINA AS
RECORDED
IN
BY COMMODITY, MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $3,404 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2,043 MILLION OR 130 PER CENT); AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1,198 MILLION OR 182 PER CENT).
/HOWEVER, DECREASES