MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1989
THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM HONG KONG'S 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.
COMPARING JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1989 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1988, INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE RECORDED IN ALL MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
OR THE MORE NOTABLE ONES WERE CLOTHING (BY $10,960 MILLION
43 PER CENT); TEXTILES (BY $9,521 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $7,789 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING EQUIPMENT (BY $7,025 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT),
APPARATUS
RESINS
AND
AND
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR ARTIFICIAL PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $1,898 OR 6 PER MILLION OR 11 PER CENT) AND ROAD VEHICLES (BY $515 MILLION CENT).
TABLE 4 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS TO HONG KONG'S 10 MAJOR MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 5.
COMPARING JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1989 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1988. NOTABLE INCREASES 1N VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $12,122 MILLION
PER OR 52 CENT); CLOTHING (BY $10,978 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT); TEXTILES (BY $7,828 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY OR 47 PER CENT),
$7,131
MILLION
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND MILLION PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $1,081 OR 14 PER CENT) AND ROAD VEHICLES (BY $208 MILLION OR 6 PER CENT).
TABLE 6 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS
COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
OF THE MAJOR
COUNTRY
DETAILED STATISTICS ON TRADE VALUE BY COMMODITY AND HY ARE PUBLISHED IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS. THE OCTOBER 1989 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS SUMMARY" WILL BE ON SALE AROUND DECEMBER 15, AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AT $9.50 PER COPY.
A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, "HONG KONG EXTERNAL DETAILED ANALYSES ON IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN WILL BE AVAILABLE IN END-DECEMBER AT $17.50 PER COPY.
GPO
TRADE" WITH OCTOBER 1989
REPORTS MAY FRENCH MISSION 5-84288021
ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THESE BE DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT BUILDING. 1. BATTERY FATH, HONG KONG TEL. NO.: ENQUIRIES ON TRADE STATISTICS TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTIC8
TEL. NO.: 5-8234915).
AND
DEPARTMENT
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