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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1978

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AN UPSURGE IN THE RE-EXPORTS OF BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG ORIGIN WAS ENTIRELY DUE TO ACTIVE TRADING IN DIAMONDS ($193 MILLION, +94%). SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATED FROM SWITZERLAND WERE FOUND IN WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($90 MILLION, +28%) AND MEDICINAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS ($57 MILLION, +38%).

BY COUNTRY OF DESTINATION, RE-EXPORTS OF CHINA ORIGIN WERE MAINLY DESTINED TO JAPAN ($211 MILLION, +62% ), INDONESIA ($204 MILLION, +23%), U.S.A. ($161 MILLION, +27%) AND SINGAPORE ($142 MILLION, +10%). ABOUT 60 PER CENT OF RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATED FROM JAPAN WERE DESTINED TO INDONESIA ($291 MILLION, +210 %), SINGAPORE ($197 MILLION, +57%) AND U.S.A. ($94 MILLION, +30%).

THE FOLLOWING TWO TABLES SHOW CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS BY COMMODITY AND BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:

RE-EXPORTS BY COMMODITY

JAN.-JUNE 1978

(HK$ MN)

JAN.-JUNE 1977

(HK$ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

CONSUMER GOODS

2,677

1,981

+ 35

DIAMONDS

607

349

+ 74

WATCHES

353

263

+ 34

JADE AND PRECIOUS STONES,

IVORY, JEWELLERY

263

222

+ 18

+

GOLDSMITHS AND SILVERSMITHS'

WARES

MEDICINAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL

219

200

+ 10

PRODUCTS

TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND

215

158

+ 36

RELATED ARTICLES

RAW MATERIALS

2,120

1,577

+ 34

CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE

306

227

+ 35

MATERIALS

DYEING, TANNING AND

200

161

+ 24

COLOURING MATERIALS

TRANSISTORS. DIODES AND

J

SEMI-CONDUCTOR INTERGRATED

139

90

+ 53

CIRCUITS

/WOVEN