WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1991
+
10
ANALYSED BY COMMODITY BY COUNTRY,
SIGNIFICANT
INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN AIRBORNE IMPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF FROM JAPAN (BY $1,078 MILLION OR 29%) AND FROM SINGAPORE (BY $689 MILLION OR 76%); PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS FROM JAPAN (BY $895 MILLION OR 25%) AND FROM THAILAND (BY $181 MILLION OR 45%); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT FROM SINGAPORE (BY $327 MILLION OR 49%); AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT FROM JAPAN (BY $368 MILLION OR 28%).
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUR OF AIRBORNE IMPORTS OF TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS FROM (BY $129 MILLION OR 26%) AND FROM SWITZERLAND (BY $86 MILLION OR 53%); NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES FROM THE USA (BY #226 MILLION OR' 18%); AND LEATHER AND LEATHER MANUFACTURES AND DRESSED FURSKINS FROM ITALY (BY $57 MILLION OR 19%).
AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR MARKETS ARE DEPICTED IN
TABLE 5.
HONG KONG'S AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS TO MOST MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED IN VALUE IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1991 OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990. THE GROWTH WAS PARTICULARLY STRONG FOR THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (+91%).
SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED IN AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS TO THAILAND (+44%), SWITZERLAND (+31%), CHINA (+29%) AND THE UNITED KINGDOM (+24%).
HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE AND TAIWAN DECREASED BY 30% AND 21% RESPECTIVELY.
AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS ARE BHOWN IN TABLE 6.
ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THE VALUR OF AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $2,143 MILLION OR 54%); PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $1,120 MILLION OR 38%); NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $375 MILLION OR 10%); AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $303 MILLION OR 13%).
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1,659 MILLION OR 19%); FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSES, AND PREPARATION: THEREOF (BY $238 MILLION OR 46%); AND POWER GENERATING MACHINERY BQUIPMENT (BY $150 MILLION OR 46%).
AND
WERE
TO THE
ANALYSED BY COMMODITY BY COUNTRY, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES REGISTERED FOR THE VALUE OF AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS OF CLOTHING FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (BY $901 MILLION OR 141%) AND TO THE USA (BY $470 MILLION OR 24%); PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS TO THE USA (BY $213 MILLION OR 54%) AND TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (BY $143 MILLION OR 94%); NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES TO THAILAND $494 MILLION OR 72%); AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC PROCESSING EQUIPMENT TO SINGAPORE (BY $228 MILLION OR 77%).
(BY
DATA
/HOWEVER, DECREASES