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THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1979

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INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS TO INDONESIA COMPRISED MAINLY

PAPER AND PAPERBOARD ($33 MILLION, 44 PER CENT), TEXTILE

YARN ($27 MILLION, +46 PER CENT), MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED ARTICLES ($27 MILLIÓN, 46 PER CENT), MANUFACTURES OF BASE METAL ($24 MILLION, +64 PER CENT), REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS ($20 MILLION, +117 PER CENT) AS WELL AS PHOTOGRAPHIC AND CINEMATOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES ($20 MILLION, +60 PER CENT).

RE-EXPORTS BROKEN DOWN BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN ARE AS

FOLLOWS

JAN.-JUNE 79

(HK$ MN.)

JAN.-JUNE 78

INCREASE

PERCENTAGE

(HK$ MN.)

(HK$ MN.)

CHANGE

CHINA

2 578

1 471

+1 107

+75

JAPAN

1 513

1 027

486

+47

U.S.A.

1 089

744

345

+46

TAIWAN

374

164

+

210

+128

BELGIUM

322

209

+ 113

+54

INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS OF CHINA ORIGIN INCLUDED TEXTILE MADE-UP ARTICLES ($343 MILLION, +63 PER CENT), CRUDE VEGETABLE MATERIALS ($202 MILLION, +31 PER CENT), WOVEN COTTON FABRICS ($185 MILLION, +92 PER CENT) AND TEXTILE YARN ($132 MILLION, +115 PER CENT).

RISES IN RE-EXPORTS OF JAPAN ORIGIN WERE REGISTERED MAINLY IN WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($361 MILLION, +27 PER CENT), TEXTILE AND LEATHER MACHINERY ($92 MILLION, +62 PER CENT), MISCELLANEOUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND PARTS ($71 MILLIÓN, +79 PER CENT), THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES ($66 MILLION, +113 PER CENT) AND PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT ($49 MILLION, +39 PER CENT).

A SIZEABLE PORTION OF RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATED FROM THE U.S. CONSTITUTED PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES ($241 MILLION, +67 PER CENT), THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES ($135 MILLION, +62 PER CENT) AS WELL AS PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF OFFICE AND DATA PROCESSING MACHINES ($77 MILLION, +45 PER CENT).

RE-EXPORTS FROM TAIWAN WERE MAINLY COMPOSED OF TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES, AND RELATED PRODUCTS ($142 MILLION, +183 PER CENT), ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES ($33 MILLION, +160 PER CENT), PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF OFFICE AND DATA PROCESSING MACHINES ($23 MILLION, +489 PER CENT), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND PARTS ($23 MILLION, +142 PER CENT) WHILE THOSE FROM BELGIUM WERE ALMOST ENTIRELY MADE UP OF PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES ($304 MILLION, +57 PER CENT).

BY COUNTET