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MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES

(MAINLY

WATCHES AND

CLOCKS

ARTICLES OF

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1982

5

20 013

18 812

+1 201

6

APPAREL)

1

FOOD AND LIVE

13 090

11 233

+1 857

+17

ANIMALS

CHIEFLY FOR

FOOD

MINERAL FUELS,

9 491

8 965

526

+6

LUBRICANTS

AND RELATED

MATERIALS

CHEMICALS AND

7 778

7 427

351

+5

RELATED PRODUCTS

INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A. (BY $713 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT), SAUDI ARABIA (BY $278 MILLION OR 59 PER CENT), INDONESIA (BY $245 MILLION OR SEVEN PER CENT), REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY $240 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (BY $228 MILLION OR NINE PER CENT), TAIWAN (BỶ $212 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT), MACÂU (BY $144 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT), AND THE PHILIPPINES BY $141 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE U.K. (BY $265 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT) AND NIGERIA (BY $154 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT)

MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING CLOTHING (BY $643 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT), MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (MAINLY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND ACCESSORIES AND JEWELLERY) (BY $340 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $272 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT) AND CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS (BY $238 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT).

DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE RE-EXPORTS OF TEXTILES (BY $338 MILLION OR SIX PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $307 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT), AND METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $303 MILLION OR 53 PER CENT).

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

WITH

A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE+ A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN OCTOBER, WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY JANUARY 1983 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).

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