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MONDAY, JULY 11, 1983

DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN OF TEXTILES (BY $184 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT) AND IN IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $894 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, IMPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF FROM TAIWAN INCREASED (BY $28 MILLION OR 4 PER CENT); AND IMPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY. APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF FROM SINGAPORE ALSO INCREASED (BY $114 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT).

TABLE 4 ILLUSTRATES THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY COMMODITY SECTIONS.

INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE USA (BY $575 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (BY $289 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT), REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA) (BY $232 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT), SAUDI ARABIA (BY $198 MILLION CR 63 PER CENT), VIETNAM (BY $118 MILLION OR 139 PER CENT), MACAU (BY $94 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT), TAIWAN (BY $82 MILLION OR 8 PER CENT) AND UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (BY $79 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $95 MILLION OR 3 PER CENT) AND JAPAN (BY $66 MILLION OR 6 PER CENT).

THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE TEN MAJOR MARKETS ARE GIVEN TO TABLE 5.

MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING CLOTHING (BY $510 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT), PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $286 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL_MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $195 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT), AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $156 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT).

DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE RE-EXPORTS OF TEXTILES (BY $315 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES (INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES) (BY $125 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT), AND NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $84 MILLION OR 8 PER CENT).

THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 6.

THE MAY 1983 ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS SUMMARY+ WILL BE AVAILABLE IN MID-JULY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $5 PER COPY.

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A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, +HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE+, WITH A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ÎN MAY 1983 WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY AUGUST 1983 AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $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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