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DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING DECREASED BY $205 MILLION OR 2 PEN IN MISCELLANEOUS IN VALUE TERMS, A DECREASE WAS ALSO RECORDED MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $238 MILLION OR 2 PER CENT).
CENT
TARLE 2 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS COMMODITY DIVISION.
BY MAJOR
THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM HONG KONG'S 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.
ARE
IN
COMPARING THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 1989 WITH THE SAME PERIOD 1988, MORE NOTABLE INCREASES IN IMPORTS IN VALUE TERMS WERE REGISTERED
AND APPLIANCES
ELECTRICAL FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND
TELECOMMUNICATIONS PARTS THEREOF (BY $2,478 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT); AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2,159
32 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT); AND CLOTHING (BY $1,329 MILLION OR CENT).
IMPORTS OF TEXTILES INCREASED BY $2,024 MILLION OR 28 PER IN VALUE TERMS.
PER
CENT
HIDES,
SKINS
AND VEGETABLE OILS
HOWEVER,
DECREASES
WERE
RAW
RECORDED IN FURSKINS (BY $218 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT); AND FIXED AND FATS (BY $54 MILLION OR 36 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 SHOWN IN TABLE 5.
1988, MORE NOTABLE INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY ELECTRICAL
ARE
IN COMPARING THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 1989 WITH THE SAME PERIOD
IN VALUE TERMS WERE
AND APPARATUS
APPLIANCES AND 54 PER CENT); MILLION OR $1.814 THEREOF (BY
AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS
$1,220 EQUIPMENT (BY $1,538 MILLION OR 73 PER CENT); AND CLOTHING (BY MILLION OR 31 PER CENT).
PARTS
CENT.
RE-EXPORTS OF TEXTILES INCREASED BY $1,260 MILLION OR
30 PER
HOWEVER,
MATERIALS (BY PYRYTRO HINTE
$107 PRODUCTS
DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN CRUDE ANIMAL AND
CENT): AND OR 15 PER MILLION (BY *GG MILLION OR 47 PER CENT).
VEGETABLE
EXPLOSIVES
TAPLE
6
ILLUSTRATES
THF CHANGES
IN
RE-EXPORTS
RY MAJOR
J PROPITY DIVISION.
COUNTRY
APRIL CONNAUGHT
DETAILED STATISTICS ON TRADE VALUE BY COMMOWITY AND BY
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