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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1981

HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORT TRADE FOR JANUARY

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JUNE 1981

HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORT TRADE GREW STRONGLY IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, AND AT HK$19 536 MILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 48 PER CENT OVER THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD IN 1980.

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY RELEASED A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF RE-EXPORTS BY MARKET AND BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN FOR JANUARY - JUNE, 1981.

RE-EXPORTS BY MARKET

THE FOLLOWING TABLE GIVES THE CHANGES IN HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS TO THE FIVE MAJOR MARKETS:

JAN.-JUNE 1981 (HK$ MN.

JAN.-JUNE 1980

(HK$ MN.)

INCREASE (HK$ MN.)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

CHINA

3 927

1 662

+2 265

+136

USA

2 194

1 259

+

935

+74

INDONESIA

1 932

1 226

706

+ 58

SINGAPORE

1 534

1 087

447

+ 41

JAPAN

1 268

1 095

173

+ 16

A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE WAS RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA.

THE COMMODITIES WITH THE BIGGEST INCREASES WERE TEXTILE YARN (BY $557 MILLION OR 215 PER CENT), WOVEN FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FIBRES (BY $354 MILLION OR 385 PER CENT), TELEVISION RECEIVERS (BY $264 MILLION OR 277 PER CENT), KNITTED OR CROCHETED FABRICS (BY $182 MILLION OR 1 282 PER CENT), AND GOODS VEHICLES AND SPECIAL PURPOSE MOTOR VEHICLES (BY $92 MILLION OR 145 PER CENT).

INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE US WERE REGISTERED IN OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUIT (MAINLY PEANUTS) (FROM LESS THAN $0.05 MILLION TO $163 MILLION), WOMEN'S, GIRLS' AND INFANTS' OUTER GARMENTS OF TEXTILE FABRICS (OTHER THAN KNITTED OR CROCHETED GOODS) (BY $90 MILLION OR 132 PER CENT), THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, PHOTOCELLS AND TRANSISTORS (BY $88 MILLION OR 77 PER CENT), AND PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES (BY $27 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT).

RE-EXPORTS TO INDONESIA SHOWED INCREASES FOR MOTORCYCLES, MOTOR SCOOTERS AND OTHER CYCLES (BY $263 MILLION OR 123 PER CENT), GOODS VEHICLES AND SPECIAL PURPOSE MOTOR VEHICLES (FROM NO TRADE TO $207 MILLION), PASSENGER MOTOR CARS (BY $21 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT), AND TEXTILE AND LEATHER MACHINERY AND PARTS THEREOF (BY $10 MILLIÓN OR 19 PER CENT).

/SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES