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MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1983

CHINA REMAINED THE LARGEST SOURCE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS.

INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS WERE NOTED FOR CLOTHING (BY $873 MILLION OR 47%), MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, MAINLY BASKET-WORK, WICKER-WORK AND ARTICLES OF PLAITING MATERIALS (BY $203 MILLION OR 21%), WOVEN FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FIBRES (BY $185 MILLION OR 52%), TEXTILE YARN (BY $158 MILLION OR 65%),

MISCELLANEOUS CRUDE VEGETABLE MATERIALS, MAINLY PLANTS AND SEEDS USED IN PERFUMERY OR IN PHARMACY (BY $132 MILLION OR 23%), AND FOOTWEAR (BY $108 MILLION OR 33%).

JAPAN WAS THE SECOND MAJOR SOURCE OF RE-EXPORTS.

INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, PARTS AND ACCESSORIES (BY $91 MILLION OR 46%), WOVEN FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FIBRES (BY $56 MILLION OR 31%), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $48 MILLION OR 5%) AND THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, PHOTOCELLS, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND PARTS (BY $40 MILLION OR 12%).

OVERSEAS PURCHASES OF U.S. PRODUCTS THROUGH HONG KONG REMAINED ACTIVE IN 1982.

INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $77 MILLION OR 25%), THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND, PHOTOCELLS, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND PARTS (BY $65 MILLION OR 9%) AND CRUDE VEGETABLE MATERIALS (BY $54 MILLION OR 46%).

ON THE OTHER HAND, RE-EXPORTS OF TAIWAN ORIGIN DECLINED. SIGNIFICANT DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TEXTILE YARN (BY $338 MILLION OR 47%), KNITTED OR CROCHETED FABRICS (BY $213 MILLION OR 67%) AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $171 MILLION OR 60%).

RE-EXPORTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA) ORIGIN ALSO DECLINED PARTICULARLY FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $263 MILLION OR 66%).

RE-EXPORTS BY ORIGIN AND DESTINATION

WHEN ANALYSED BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND THEN BY DESTINATION, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS OF CHINA ORIGIN TO THE U.S. (BY $760 MILLION OR 27%), INDONESIA (BY $247 MILLION OR 19%), SAUDI ARABIA (BY $230 MILLION OR 88%) AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA) (BY $156 MILLION OR 38%).

INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS OF JAPAN ORIGIN WERE MAINLY TO CHINA (BY $185 MILLION OR 13%), SAUDI ARABIA (BY $125 MILLION OR 59%) AND SINGAPORE (BY $113 MILLION OR 13%).

SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE ALSO NOTED IN RE-EXPORTS OF U.S. ORIGIN TO CHINA (BY $467 MILLION OR 82%) AND SINGAPORE (BY $185 MILLION OR 29%).

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