3
THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM HONG KONG'S 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.
COMPARING JANUARY TO AUGUST 1989 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1988,
IN THE VALUE [CREASES
OF IMPORTS WERE RECORDED IN ALL MAJOR
(BY COMMODITY DIVISIONS. THE MORE NOTABLE ONES WERE TEXTILES
$8,427 CENT); MILLION OR 21 PER CENT); CLOTHING (BY 98,249 MILLION OR 43 PER
APPARATUS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING
MILLION OR 37 PER EQUIPMENT (BY $6,977
CENT); AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $6,033 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT).
ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND MILLION (BY $221 MILLION
FOR HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $1,466 OR 11 PER CENT); AND RAW HIDES, SKINS AND FURSKINS OR 13 PER CENT).
TABLE 4
ILLUSTRATES
THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS OF THE MAJOR
COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS TO HONG KONG'S 10 MAJOR SHOWN IN TABLE 5.
MARKETS ARE
COMPARING JANUARY TO AUGUST 1989 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN
1988,
(BY
NOTABLE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR
(BY MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES
$8,795 MILLION OR 52 PER OR 55 PER CENT); TEXTILES CENT); CLOTHING (BY $8.238 MILLION
31 PER $6,660 MILLION OR
CENT) AND
AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY OR 55 PER CENT).
$6,026
SOUND MILLION
RECORDED FOR ARTIFICIAL RES INS HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS OR 12 PER CENT); AND RAW HIDES, SKINS AND FURSKINS OR 22 PER CENT).
AND
(BY $740 MILLION (BY $135 MILLION
TABLE 6 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
IN
OF RE-EXPORTS
THE
MAJOR
COUNTRY
SALE AROUND GROUND FLOOR, СРО
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IN
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HONG KONG
NO.: ENQUIRIES ON TRADE STATISTICS TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS {TEL. NO.: 5-8234915).
AND
DEPARTMENT
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