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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1994
DECREASES WERE FOR OFFICE
OF
DATA (BY $667
HOWEVER,
IN VALUE SIGNIFICANT
RECORDED
DOMESTIC
MACHINES BY AIR
AND AUTOMATIC EXPORTS PROCESSING MACHINES (BY $1.0 BILLION OR 17%); AND CLOTHING MILLION OR 8.6%).
BY
THE FIRST PRINCIPAL
CHANGES IN VALUE OF EXTERNAL TRADE BY LAND BETWEEN
1993 ANALYSED AND OF 1994 HALF
THE SAME PERIOD IN COMMODITY DIVISION ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 6.
1993,
LAND FOR
COMPARING THE FIRST HALF OF 1994 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN VALUE OF IMPORTS BY TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $5.3 BILLION OR 36%); FOOTWEAR (BY $3.2 BILLION OR 22%); MAINLY OF BABY MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $3.1 BILLION AND CLOTHING (BY $1.6 BILLION OR 5.3%).
OR 15%);
FOR RE-
AND (BY $2.8 37%);
AS REGARDS EXPORTS BY LAND, INCREASES WERE RECORDED EXPORTS OF TEXTILES (BY $3.9 BILLION OR 20%); TELECOMMUNICATIONS SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT BILLION OR 72%); PLASTICS IN PRIMARY FORMS (BY $2.1 BILLION OR AND DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING (BY $324 MILLION OR 23%).
BY DETAILED STATISTICS OF HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE ANALYSED
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