I
3
SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 1989
1988,
FOR
AND
COMPARING JANUARY TO APRIL 1989 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN
OF
WERE REGISTERED IMPORTS IN VALUE NOTABLE INCREASES TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT (BY $4,483 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT);
THEREOF (BY $4,299 AND
AND ELECTRICAL PARTS APPARATUS
APPLIANCES
38 PER MILLION OR 30 PER CENT); AND CLOTHING (BY 83,260 MILLION OR CENT).
IMPORTS OF TEXTILES INCREASED BY $4,342 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT. HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR RAW HIDES, SKINS AND FURSKINS (BY THAN ROAD $81
MILLION OR 8 PER CENT); AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OTHER VEHICLES (BY $65 MILLION OR 8 PER CENT).
TABLE
4 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY MAJOR
COMMODITY
DIVISION.
THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS TO HỌNG KONG'S TEN MAJOR MARKETS SHOWN IN TABLE 5.
ARE
1988, COMPARING JANUARY TO APRIL 1989 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN
REGISTERED FOR WERE OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASES
VALUE IN NOTABLE
ELECTRICAL PARTS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND THEREOF (BY $3,368 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT): MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND ARTICLES (BY 3,138 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT);
EQUIPMENT (BY 3.135 SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND
43 PER MILLION OR 69 PER CENT); AND CLOTHING (BY $2,988 MILLION OR CENT).
29 PER RE-EXPORTS OF TEXTILES INCREASED BY $2,787 MILLION OR CENT. HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS (BY $73 MILLION OR 5 PER CENT); AND RAW HIDES, FURSKINS (BY 346 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT).
SKINS AND
6 TABLE
ILLUSTRATES
COMMODITY DIVISION.
THE CHANGES
IN
RE-EXPORTS
BY
MAJOR
DETAILED STATISTICS ON TRADE VALUE BY COMMODITY AND BY ARB PUBLISHED IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.
THE
APRIL 1989 ISSUE
OF THE SUMMARY" WILL BE ON SALE AROUND JUNE PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $9.50 PER COPY,
COUNTRY
"HONG
KONG TRADE
STATISTICS 15, 1989, AT THE GOVERNMENT
WITH
A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE",
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TABLE 1