-
SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 1990
COMPARING JANUARY 1990 WITH JANUARY 1989, MORE NOTABLE INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS IN VALUE TERMS WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $1,198 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $1,051 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (BY $427 MILLION OR 80 PER ('ENT) AND TRAVEL GOODS. HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS (BY $240 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT).
DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR TEXTILE FIBRES AND THEIR WASTES (BY $278 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT) AND TEXTILES (BY $50 MILLION OR 2 PER CENT).
TABLE 6 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION.
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TABLE
MAJOR MARKET
DOMESTIC EXPOPTS TO 10 MAJOR MARKETS
JANUARY
1990 (HKD MN.)
JJANUARY
1989
INCREASE
PERCENTAGE INCREASE
(HKD MN.) (HKD MN.}
( % )
U.S.A.
5,277
5,184
+ 93
+
'ILINA
2,752
3,205
453
I
2
14
F.R. OF GERMANY
1,313
1,356
43
I
.K.
957
1,208
-
251
- 21
JAPAN
897
966
68
I
CANADA
524
577
53
SINGAPORE
472
479
7
1
TAIWAN
443
289
+ 154
+ 53
NETHERLANDS
384
408
24
6
FRANCE
334
306
28
+
/TABLE 2