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As regards exports by air, increases were recorded for re-exports of office machines and automatic data processing machines (by $3.5 billion or 34%); clothing (by $1.1 billion or 13%); and photographic apparatus, equipment and supplies, optical goods, watches and clocks (by $1.1 billion or 11%) and for domestic exports of electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, and electrical parts thereof (by $935 million or 9.4%).
However, decreases were recorded in the value of domestic exports by air for office machines and automatic data processing machines (by $2 billion or 36%) and in the value of imports by air for non-metallic mineral manufactures (by $1.4 billion or 9.4%); and photographic apparatus, equipment and supplies, optical goods, watches and clocks (by $1.4 billion or 9.7%).
Changes in the value of external trade by land between the first half of 1996 and the same period in 1995 analysed by principal commodity division are shown in Table 6.
Comparing the first half of 1996 with the same period in 1995, increases were recorded in the value of imports by land for electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, and electrical parts thereof (by $3.3 billion or 22%); clothing (by $2.3 billion or by 6.8%); miscellaneous manufactured articles consisting mainly of baby carriages, toys, games and sporting goods (by $1.8 billion or 6.5%); and footwear (by $1.3 billion or 6.2%).
As regards exports by land, increases were recorded for re-exports of electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, and electrical parts thereof (by $1.3 billion or 15%) and for domestic exports of clothing (by $390 million or 16%).
However, a decrease was recorded in the value of re-exports by land for plastics
in primary forms (by $1.2 billion or 10%).
Detailed statistics of Hong Kong's external trade analysed by mode of transport are published in the June 1996 issue of the Hong Kong External Trade report which is now on sale at $129 per copy.
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