WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1989
35
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
RE-EXPORTS
TOTAL EXPORTS
221,422
200,895
20,527
10.2
297,658
199,164
98,494
49.5
519,080
400,059
119,021
29.8
IMPORTS
529,962
398,449
131.513 33.0
TRADE BALANCE
-10,882
1,610
-12,492
GOVT HELPS COMPANIES ACCUSED OF DUMPING
AND MORE THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IS DOING A VERY GREAT DEAL,
POSITIONS HAVE DONE TO DIRECTLY, THAN OTHER GOVERNMENTS IN SIMILAR
DEPUTY HELP COMPANIES AND SECTORS OF INDUSTRY ACCUSED OF DUMPING, THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE, MR STUART HARBINSON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
BY THE ADDRESSING
ORGANISED A CONFERENCE
ANTI-DUMPING ON
HONG KONG INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND THE FEDERATION OF
DONE BY THE GOVERNMENT ON INDUSTRIES, HE SAID MUCH MORE WAS BEING BEHALF OF LOCAL INDUSTRY THAN MIGHT BE APPARENT.
AND
KONG GOVERNMENT ARE "FIRST, THE OVERSEAS OFFICES OF THE HONG MAINTAINING A HIGH STATE OF VIGILANCE AND CHANNELLING INFORMATION INTELLIGENCE BACK,' HE SAID, NOTING THAT ANTI-DUMPING WAS BEING A VERY HIGH PRIORITY IN THESE EFFORTS,
"
GIVEN
FURTHERMORE, THE
TRADE
DEPARTMENT
WAS
IDENTIFYING
AFFECTED
COMPANIES AND HOLDING MEETINGS WITH THEM AS REGULARLY AS NECESSARY EXPLAIN PROCEDURES, KEEP THEM ABREAST OF THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS, OFFER ADVICE.
TO
AND
THE TRADE DEPARTMENT
HAD
ALSO
ASSEMBLED
A
DEDICATED
TEAM
WITHIN ITS EEC DIVISION TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM.
EMPLOYED
TWO
LEGAL EXPERT
IN
THE
MR HARBINSON POINTED OUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD
ONE A BRUSSELS-BASED SETS OF CONSULTANTS - DUMPING FIELD AND THE OTHER A TRADE POLICY ADVISER,
IS
HONG KONG COMPANIES, BOTH BENEFITTING "THEIR EXPERTISE
MORE EFFECTIVE AND THROUGH THROUGH MAKING THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS
MEETINGS ORGANISED THEIR ADVICE BEING CHANNELLED TO COMPANIES AT THE BY THE TRADE DEPARTMENT, HE ADDED.
"
REPRESENTATIONS WERE ALSO BEING MADE ON DIRECTLY TO THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, HE SAID.
BEHALF OF HONG KONG
/TRADE DEPARTMENT