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HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS. AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $1. 742 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT): AND RAW HIDES, SKINS AND FURSKINS (BY $228 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT 1.
TABLE 4
ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS OP THE MAJOR
COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS TO HONG KONG'S 10 MAJOR MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 5.
COMPARING JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1989 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1988, NOTABLE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $10,304 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT); CLOTHING (BY 89,725 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT): TEXTILES (BY $7,329 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY 36,521 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY 81, 020 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT AND RAW HIDES, SKINS AND FURSKINS (BY $135 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT 1.
TABLE 6 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
DETAILED STATISTICS ON TRADE VALUE BY COMMODITY AND BY COUNTRY ARE PUBLISHED IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.
THE SEPTEMBER 1989 155UE OF THE "HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS SUMMARY" WILL BE ON SALE AROUND NOVEMBER 15 AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GPO BUILDING. CONNAUGHT PLACE. CENTRAL, AT 89.50 PER COPY.
A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT. "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE", WITH DETAILED ANALYSES ON IMPORTS. EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN SEPTEMBER 1989 WILL BE AVAILABLE AT END-NOVEMBER AT $17.50 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THESE REPORTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT FRENCH MISSION BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH. HONG KONG (TEL. 5-8428802) AND ENQUIRIES ON TRADE STATISTICS TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. 5-8234915).
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