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AIRBORNE IMPORTS FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, MALAYSIA, ITALY AND USA ALSO INCREASED BY
10%, 10%. 6% AND RESPECTIVELY. HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF AIRBORNE IMPORTS FROM SWITZERLAND DECREASED BY 11%.
AIRBORNE IMPORTS OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS ARE SHOWN IN
TABLE 4.
ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, NOTABLE INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR AIRBORNE IMPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $6,498 MILLION OR 20%); OFFICE MACHINES AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $2,512 MILLION OR 29%); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS EQUIPMENT (BY $1,145 MILLION OR 17%); AND MEDICINAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS (BY $904 MILLION OR 60%).
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,HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF AIRBORNE IMPORTS OF OTHER TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (BY $1,
$1,020 MILLION OR 30%); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS (BY $284 MILLION OR 14%); AND PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $230 MILLION OR 1%).
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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 $2,307 MILLION OR 28%) AND FROM SINGAPORE (BY $1,430 MILLION OR 65%); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT FROM SINGAPORE (BY $713 MILLION OR 45%) AND FROM USA (BY $487 OR 15%); AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT FROM JAPAN (BY $451 MILLION OR 14%); AND MEDICINAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS FROM ITALY (BY $206 MILLION OR 165%).
VALUE OF
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE AIRBORNE IMPORTS OF OTHER TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT FROM USA (BY $982 MILLION OR 32%) AND FROM JAPAN (BY $36 MILLION OR 81%); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS FROM FRANCE (BY $144 MILLION OR 16%); AND PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS FROM SWITZERLAND (BY $959 MILLION OR 15%).
AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE
5.
HONG KONG'S AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS TO MOST MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED IN 1991 OVER 1990. THE GROWTH WAS PARTICULARLY STRONG FOR THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (+37%).
SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED IN AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS ΤΟ SWITZERLAND (+31%), CHINA (+31%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+23%) AND USA (+16%).
HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS ΤΟ SINGAPORE AND TAIWAN DECREASED BY 20% AND 13% RESPECTIVELY.
AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 6.
/ANALYSED BY