3
FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1989
PER
MILLION AND
CENT)
THE MORE NOTABLE ONES WERE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY 36,297
PER OR 49
CENT); CLOTHING (BY 35,569 MILLION OR 42 ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PART'S THEREOF (BY $5,513 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT). IMPORTS OF TEXTILES INCREASED BY $6,672 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT.
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $825 MILLION OR MILLION OR PER CENT); AND RAW HIDES, SKINS AND FURSKINS (BY $135 10 PER CENT),
8
TABLE 4 ILLUSTRATES THE COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
CHANGES IN IMPORTS
OF
THE MAJOR
THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS TO HỌNG KONG'S 10 MAJOR MARKETS SHOWN IN TABLE 5.
ARE
NOTABLE MISCELLANEOUS
CENT);
CLOTHING
COMPARING THE FIRST HALF OF 1989 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN
INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED
ARTICLES MANUFACTURED
OR (BY $5,383 MILLION (BY $5,232 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT) AND AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS EQUIPMENT (BY $4,693 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT). RE-EXPORTS OF INCREASED BY $4,773 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT.
1988,
FOR
49
PER
TEXTILES
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $390 MILLION OR MILLION OR 9 PER CENT); AND RAW HIDES, SKINS AND FURSKINS (BY $119 24 PER CENT).
ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS
OF THE MAJOR
6 TABLE COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
་་་
COUNTRY
AROUND
GPO
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JGUST 15
FLOOR, AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND
CENTRAL CONNAUGHT PLACE,
AT $9.50 PER BUILDING,
COPY.
WITH
A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE", DETAILED ANALYSES ON IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN JUNE 1989 WILL
IN AVAILABLE
1989 AT $17.50
BE
BE
END-AUGUST
PER
COPY.
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HONG
NO.: KONG (TEL.
MAY
1
MISSION
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AND
I BATTERY PATH, BUILDING, ENQUIRIES ON TRADE STATISTICS TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO.: 5-8234915).
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