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TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1982

ANALYSIS OF HONG KONG'S 1981 RE-EXPORT TRADE

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THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORT TRADE REACHED A RECORD OF $41 739 MILLION IN 1981, AN INCREASE OF 39 PER CENT OVER THE 1980 FIGURE, THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT REPORTED TODAY (TUESDAY) IN PROVIDING A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF RE-EXPORTS BY MARKET AND BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN FOR THE YEAR.

RE-EXPORTS BY MARKET

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

1981 (HK$ MN.)

1980 (HK$ MN.)

INCREASE PERCENTAGE

HK$ MN.)

CHANGE

CHINA

8 044

4 642

+3 402

+73%

U.S.A.

4 785

3 085

+1 700

+55%

INDONESIA

4 272

2 761

+1 511

+55%

SINGAPORE

3 243

2 510

733

+29%

JAPAN

2 792

2 201

591

+27%

SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $3 402 MILLION OR 73 PER CENT), THE LARGEST MARKET FOR HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS. THE COMMODITIES WITH SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE TEXTILE YARN (BY $789 MILLION OR 115 PER CENT), WOVEN FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FIBRES (BY $579 MILLION OR 142 PER CENT), TELEVISION RECEIVERS (BY $434 MILLION OR 136 PER CENT), KNITTED OR CROCHETED FABRICS (BY $259 MILLION OR 211 PER CENT), AND TEXTILE AND LEATHER MACHINERY AND PARTS THEREOF (BY $109 MILLION OR 83 PER CENT).

INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE U.S. WERE REGISTERED IN THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES PHOTOCELLS AND TRANSISTORS (BY $264 MILLION OR 119 PER CENT), WOMEN'S, SIRLS' AND INFANTS OUTER GARMENTS OF TEXTILE FABRICS (OTHER THAN KNITTED OR CROCHETED GOODS) (BY $202 MILLION QR 108 PER CENT), MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, MAINLY BASKET-WORK, WICKER-WORK AND ARTICLES OF PLAITING MATERIALS (BY $156 MILLION OR 66 PER CENT), OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUIT FOR EXTRACTION OF VEGETABLE OILS (BY $153 MILLION OR 1 114 PER CENT) AS WELL AS VEGETABLES, ROOTS AND TUBERS (BY $129 MILLION OR 436 PER CENT).

RE-EXPORTS TO INDONESIA SHOWED INCREASES FOR MOTORCYCLES, MOTOR SCOOTERS AND OTHER CYCLES (BY $467 MILLION OR 82 PER CENT), TEXTILE AND LEATHER MACHINERY AND PARTS THEREOF (BY $32 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT), PASSENGER MOTOR CARS (BY $52 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT), AND ALUMÍNIUM (BY $43 MILLION OR 212 PER CENT).

/SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES