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MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1983

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

INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $1 212 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT), U.S.A. (BY $1 089 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (BY $546 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT), REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA) (BY $466 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT), SAUDI ARABIA (BY ($324 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT), TAIWAN (BY $322 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT), MACAU (BY $196 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT) AND UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (BY $180 MILLION OR 80 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO INDONESIA (BY $316 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT) AND NIGERIA (BY $226 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT).

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

MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING CLOTHING (BY $878 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT), PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BỶ $605 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $590 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT) AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $315 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE RE-EXPORTS OF ROAD VEHICLES (INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES) (BY $272 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT) METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $119 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT) AND NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $118 MILLION OR SEVEN PER CENT).

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

THE AUGUST 1983 ISSUE OF HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS=SUMMARY+ WILL BE ON SALE LATER THIS MONTH AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$5 PER COPY.

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A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, +HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE+ A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN AUGUST 1983 WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY NOVEMBER 1983 AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$10 PER COPY.

ENQUIRIES CONCERNING SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT BASKERVILLE HOUSE, HONG KONG (TEL. NO. 5-214375). ENQUIRIES CONCERNING TRADE STATISTICS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. 15-444436).

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