MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1989
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HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN EXPLOSIVES AND PRODUCTS (BY $146 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT).
PYROTECHNIC
RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN INCREASED BY $7,646 MILLION OR 78 PER CENT, ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY
MILLION OR $1,832
133 PER CENT)
FISH, AND
CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF (BY $567 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT).
A DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $33 MILLION OR 74 PER CENT).
OR
(BY
MANUFACTURES
RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN RECORDED AN INCREASE OF $4.446 MILLION
FOR ELECTRICAL 46 PER CENT. SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF $1,260 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT); AND TOBACCO AND TOBACCO (BY $440 MILLION OR 556 PER CENT).
HOWEVER,
A DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN FURSKINS (BY $11 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT),
RAW
HIDES, SKINS
AND
RECORDED
OR
(BY MILLION
RE-EXPORTS TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA GREW BY $2,795 MILLION
IN ELECTRICAL 31 PER CENT. SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF $771 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT); AND NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $379 OR 107 PER CENT).
A DECREASE WAS REGISTERED FOR RAW HIDES, (BY $14 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT).
SKINS AND FURSKINS
RE-EXPORTS BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
FROM RE-EXPORTS
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 48 PER CENT, 14 PER CENT, 8 PER CENT, 7 PER CENT AND HONG 5 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS THROUGH KONG IN 1988.
COMPARING
1988 WITH
CENT),
1987, ALL THE MAJOR ORIGIN COUNTRIES SUPPLIED MORE IN VALUE TERMS TO HONG KONG FOR RE-EXPORTS, PARTICULARLY
PER THE REPUBLIC OF
(+74 KOREA (+111 PER CENT), SINGAPORE TAIWAN (+67 PER CENT), CHINA (+56 PER CENT) AND JAPAN (+53 PER RE-EXPORTS FROM THE U.S.A. INCREASED BY 41 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS.
CENT).
KONG'S RE-
CHINA CONTINUED TO BE THE LARGEST SOURCE OF HONG EXPORTS IN 1988. A GROWTH OF 56 PER CENT IN VALUE OR $47,260 OVER 1987 WAS RECORDED IN THE RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATING IN CHINA.
MILLION
/ANALYSED BY