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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1981

SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE OF THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, PHOTOCELLS AND TRANSISTORS (BY $162 MILLION OR 602 PER CENT), AND PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES (BY $30 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT),

IN CONTRAST, RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN DECLINED (BY $18 MILLION OR 2 PER CENT). ALTHOUGH A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE WAS RECORDED FOR NICKEL (BY $27 MILLION OR 589 PER CENT), DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT (BY $21 MILLION OR 53 PER CENT) AND ALUMINIUM (BY $12 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT).

RE-EXPORTS BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

RE-EXPORTS BROKEN DOWN BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN ARE SHOWN BELOW:

JAN.-JUNE 1981 JAN. -JUNE 1980

(HK$ MN.)

(HK$ MN.)

INCREASE (HK$ MN.)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

CHINA

5 731

3 638

+2 094

+ 58

JAPAN

3 878

2 467

+1 411

+ 57

US A

1 812

1 521

291

+ 19

TAIWAN

1 754

772

982

+127

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

846

343

503

+147

CHINA REMAINED THE LARGEST SOURCE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS. INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS OF CHINA ORIGIN WERE RECORDED FOR OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUIT (MAINLY PEANUTS) (BY $193 MILLION OR 598 PER CENT), WOMEN'S, GIRLS AND INFANTS' OUTER GARMENTS OF TEXTILE FABRICS (BY $118 MILLION OR 120 PER CENT) AND CONCENTRATES, WASTE, SCRAP AND SWEEPINGS OF PRECIOUS METALS (OTHER THAN OF GOLD) (BY $138 MILLION OR 413 PER CENT).

MOST RE-EXPORT COMMODITIES OF JAPAN ORIGIN SHOWED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING GOODS VEHICLES AND SPECIAL PURPOSÉ MOTOR VEHICLES (BY $308 MILLION OR 439 PER CENT), MOTORCYCLES, MOTOR SCOOTERS AND OTHER CYCLES (BY $280 MILLION OR 140 PER CENT) AND TELEVISION RECEIVERS (BY $112 MILLION OR 200 PER CENT).

OVERSEAS PURCHASES OF US PRODUCTS THROUGH HONG KONG REMAINED ACTIVE IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1981. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS OF PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF OFFICE MACHINES AND DATA PROCESSING MACHINES (BY $29 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT), CRUDE VEGETABLE MATERIALS (BY $28 MILLION OR 89 PER CENT), AS WELL AS THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, PHOTOCELLS AND TRANSISTORS (BY $22 MILLION OR 8 PER CENT).

VINCREASES IN