TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1988
1987,
COMPARING JANUARY TO AUGUST 1988 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN
REGISTERED FOR MORE NOTABLE INCREASES IN IMPORTS IN VALUE TERMS WERE
AND ELECTRICAL PARTS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES
CENT); ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND THEREOF (BY $10,477 MILLION OR 48 PER
MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE
AND ESTERS
ETHERS PLASTIC
(BY $7,133 RECORDING AND MILLION OR 106 PER CENT); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND
MILLION $5,461
OR 41 REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT
PER
ARTICLES MANUFACTURED
(BY $4,550 CENT); AND MISCELLANEOUS
MILLION
OR 35 PER CENT).
(BY
PER CENT IMPORTS OF TEXTILES INCREASED BY $2,841 MILLION OR 8
HIDES, SKINS IN VALUE TERMS. HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN RAW
PER CENT); AND OIL SEEDS AND AND FURSKINS (BY $367 MILLION OR 18 OLEAGINOUS FRUIT (BY $78 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT).
TABLE 4 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY
MAJOR COMMODITY
DIVISION,
THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS TO HONG KONG'S TEN MAJOR MARKETS SHOWN IN TABLE 5.
OR
ARE
1987,
REGISTERED ELECTRICAL CENT); MISCELLANEOUS CENT); ARTIFICIAL ETHERS AND ETHERS SOUND
COMPARING JANUARY TO AUGUST 1988 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN
TERMS WERE IN RE-EXPORTS IN VALUE MORE NOTABLE INCREASES
APPARATUS AND FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,
AND APPLIANCES $7,681 MILLION
80 PER PARTS THEREOF (BY MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $6,160 MILLION OR 58 PER RESINS (BY $4,270 MILLION OR 214 PER CENT); AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY OR 58 PER CENT).
AND
PLASTIC
MATERIALS,
AND
CELLULOSE
$4,046 MILLION
OR 18 PER RECORDED IN OIL SEEDS CENT); AND PROCESSED OR VEGETABLE
RE-EXPORTS OF TEXTILES INCREASED BY $3,229 MILLION CENT IN VALUE TERMS. HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE AND OLEAGINOUS FRUIT (BY $98 MILLION OR 29 PER ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS AND FATS, AND WAXES OF ANIMAL ORIGIN (BY $2 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT).
TABLE 6 COMMODITY DIVISION.
THE ILLUSTRATES
CHANGES
IN
RE-EXPORTS
BY
MAJOR
DETAILED STATISTICS ON TRADE VALUE BY COMMODITY AND BY ARE AVAILABLE IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.
COUNTRY
STATISTICS AT THE GOVERNMENT
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