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MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1983

1982 RE-EXPORT TRADE HITS NEW HIGH

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THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORT TRADE REACHED A RECORD OF HK$44 353 MILLION IN 1982, AN INCREASE OF SIX PER CENT OVER 1981, ACCORDING TO DETAILED FIGURES RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

RE-EXPORTS BY MARKET

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

INCREASE/ DECREASE (HK$ MN.)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

(%)

1982 (HK$ MN.)

1981 (HK$ MN.)

CHINA

7 992

8 044

-

- 52

+

U.S.A.

5 615

4 785

+830

+17

INDONESIA

4 615

4 272

+343

+

SINGAPORE

3 648

3 243

+405

+12

TAIWAN

2 662

2 420

+242

+10

JAPAN

2 566

2 792

-226

8

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

(SOUTH KOREA)

1 699

1 401

+298

+21

MACAU

1 588

1 407

+181

+13

PHILIPPINES

1 484

1 294

+191

+15

SAUDI ARABIA

941

582

+359

+62

CHINA WAS ONCE AGAIN THE LARGEST MARKET FOR HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS, BUT RECEIVED $52 MILLION (OR ONE PER CENT) LESS RE-EXPORTS IN 1982.

NOTABLE DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $631 MILLION OR 61%), AND TEXTILES (BY $500 MILLION OR 16%).

ON THE OTHER HAND, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS (BY $175 MILLION OR 81%), AND MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES (BY $155 MILLION OR 48%).

SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A. (BY $830 MILLION OR 17%), THE SECOND LARGEST MARKET FOR HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS.

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