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IMPORTS OF TEXTILES, INCREASED BY $1,105 MILLION OR 28 PER IN VALUE TERMS. HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN RAW HIDES, AND FURSKINS (BY $142 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT); AND FIXED OILS AND FATS (BY $70 MILLION OR 71 PER CENT).
CENT
SKINS
VEGETABLE
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.
COMPARING JANUARY 1989 WITH JANUARY 1988, MORE NOTABLE INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS IN VALUE TERMS WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $996 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING
85 PER APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $932 MILLION OR CENT); AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $771 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT),
RE-EXPORTS OF TEXTILES INCREASED BY $741 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT AND IN VALUE TERMS. HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN EXPLOSIVES PYROTECHNIC PRODUCTS (BY #39 MILLION OR 46 PER
AND CENT); TANNING AND COLOURING MATERIALS (BY 88 MILLION OR 4 PER CENT).
DYEING,
TABLE 6 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION.
DETAILED STATISTICS ON TRADE VALUE BY COMMODITY AND BY COUNTRY ARE PUBLISHED IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS. THE JANUARY 1989 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS SUMMARY" WILL BE ON SALE AROUND MARCH 15 AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AT $9.50 PER COPY.
A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE" WITH DETAILED ANALYSES ON IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN JANUARY 1989, WILL BE AVAILABLE IN END-MARCH AT $17.50 PER COPY.
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MAY REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THESE REPORTS ENQUIRIES DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT FRENCH MISSION BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG (TEL. NO.: 5-8428802) AND ENQUIRIES ON TRADE STATISTICS TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO.: 5-8234915).
TABLE 1: DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY 10 MAJOR MARKETS
MAJOR MARKET
U.S.A.
CHINA
JANUARY
1989 (HKD MN.)
JANUARY
1988 (HKD MN.
INCREASE } (HKD MN.)
PERCENTAGE INCREASE
(%)
5,184
5,595
J
412
7
3,205
2, 479
+ 726
+ 29
/P.R.