IN
5
THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1989
1988.
FOR AND
COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1989 WITH THE SAME QUARTER IN MORE NOTABLE INCREASES IN VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE REGISTERED AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT {BY $3,498 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,
AND APPARATUS
APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $3,368
38 33 PER CENT); AND CLOTHING (BY $2,359 MILLION OR
PER IMPORTS OF TEXTILES INCREASED BY $3,471 MILLION OR 28 PER
MILLION
CENTI.
CENT.
OR
AND
EQUIPMENT
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN RAW HIDES, SKINS FURSKINS (BY $159 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT); AND TRANSPORT OTHER THAN ROAD VEHICLES (BY $33 MILLION OR 6 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.
ARE
COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1989 WITH THE SAME QUARTER IN WERE REGISTERED 1988, MORE NOTABLE INCREASES IN VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS
ELECTRICAL FOR
MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $2,456 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT BY $2,293 CENT); MILLION OR 71 PER CENT); CLOTHING (BY $2,189 MILLION OR 41 PER AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $2,164 MILLION OR 48 CENT).
PER
CENT.
RE-EXPORTS OF TEXTILES INCREASED BY $1,984 MILLION
OR 29 PER
PYROTECHNIC HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN EXPLOSIVES AND
(BY PRODUCTS
MILLION $60
OR 31 PER CENT); AND CRUDE ANIMAL VEGETABLE MATERIALS (BY $49 MILLION OR 5 PER CENT),
AND
TABLE 6 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES COMMODITY DIVISION.
IN RE-EXPORTS
BY
MAJOR
DETAILED STATISTICS ON TRADE VALUE BY COMMODITY AND BY ARE PUBLISHED IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.
THE
OF THE "HONG
TRADE KONG
COUNTRY
STATISTICS
1989 ISSUE MARCH SUMMARY" WILL BE ON SALE AROUND MAY 15, AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AT $9.50 PER COPY,
WITH
A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE",
RE-EXPORTS IN MARCH 1989 DETAILED ANALYSES ON IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND WILL BE AVAILABLE IN END-MAY AT $17.50 PER COPY.
BE
MAY
AND
DEPARTMENT
ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THESE REPORTS DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT FRENCH MISSION
1 BATTERY BUILDING,
PATH,
KONG (TEL. NO.: 5-8428802) ENQUIRIES ON TRADE STATISTICS TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS
TEL. NO.: 5-8234915).
HONG
TABLE 1: