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MISCELLANEOUS 5 315

MANUFACTURED ARTICLES

FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1982

10

5 039

+276

5

(MAINLY

WATCHES AND

CLOCKS.

ARTICLES OF

APPAREL)

FOOD AND LIVE

3 626

3 075

+551

+18

ANIMALS

CHIEFLY FOR

FOOD

MINERAL FUELS, 2 810

2 404

+406

+17

LUBRICANTS

AND RELATED

MATERIALS

CHEMICALS

2 184

2 112

+ 72

AND RELATED

PRODUCTS

SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $212 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT), U.S.A. (BY $195 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (BY $126 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT), INDONESIA (BY $116 MILLION OR 12 PER CENT), REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY $116 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT), PHILIPPINES (BY $87 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT), TAIWAN (BY $58 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT) AND SAUDI ARABIA

(BY $47 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO FRANCE (BY $44 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT) AND U.K. (BY $205 MILLION OR 60 PER CENT).

MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEXTILES (BY $265 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $148 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT), AND CLOTHING (BY $118 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $85 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT), AND METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $284 MİLLION OR 90 PER CENT).

THE MARCH 1982 ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS - SUMMARY+ WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$5 PER COPY.

A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, +HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE+, WITH A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN MARCH WILL BE PUBLISHED IN EARLY JUNE AND WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$10 PER COPY. ENQUIRIES CONCERNING SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT BASKERVILLE HOUSE, HONG KONG (TEL. NO. 5-214375).