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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1983

FOOD AND LIVE

ANIMALS

16 172

13.993

+2 179

+16

CHIEFLY FOR

FOOD

MINERAL FUELS

11 477

10 966

512

+5

LUBRICANTS AND

RELATED

MATERIALS

CHEMICALS AND

9 486

9 059

427

+5

RELATED PRODUCTS

INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A. (BY $830 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (BY $405 MILLION OR 12 PER CENT), SAUDI ARABIA (BY $358 MILLION OR 62 PER CENT), INDONESIA (BÝ $343 MILLION OR EIGHT PER CENT), REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY $299 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT), TAIWAN (BY $242 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT), THE PHILIPPINES (BY $191 MILLION OR 15 PER . . CENT) AND MACAU (BY $181 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE U.K. (BY $253 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT) AND JAPAN (BY $226 MILLION OR EIGHT PER CENT),

MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING CLOTHING (BY $824 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT), MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (MAINLY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND ACCESSORIES AND JEWELLERY) (BY $458 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $350 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT) AND CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS (BY $316 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE RE-EXPORTS OF TEXTILES (BY $550 MILLION OR EIGHT PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $426 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT) AND METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $300 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT).

THE DECEMBER 1982 19SUE 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 DECEMBER, WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY MARCH 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 (TELEPHONE 5-214375).

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