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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1982

SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE U.S. (BY $562 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT), INDONESIA (BY $246 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT), SAUDI ARABIA (BY $198 MILLION OR 71 PER CENT), CHINA (BY $180 MILLION OR FOUR PER CENT), REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY $164 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (BY $146 MILLION OR EIGHT PER CENT) PHILIPPINES (BY $137 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT), AND MACAU (BY $124 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO ISRAEL (BY $62 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT) AND U.K. (BY $264 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT).

MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING CLOTHING (BY $470 MILLION OR 40 PER CENT), MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (MAINLY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND ACCESSORIES AND JEWELLERY) (BY $273 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $255 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT) AND MANUFACTURES OF METALS (BY $169 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT).

DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE RE-EXPORTS OF METALLIFEROUS

ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $241 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT)

PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $153 MILLION OR EIGHT PER CENT) AND

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $152 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT).

THE JULY 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 JULY, WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY OCTOBER AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$10 PER COPY.

ENQUIRIES CONCERNING SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES AT BASKERVILLE HOUSE, HONG KONG (TEL. NO.

5-214375).