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MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING CLOTHING (BY $1 198 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 020 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT); PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $817 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT); AND TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $751 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT).

DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE RE-EXPORTS OF ROAD VEHICLES (INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES) (BY $324 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT); METALL IFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $146 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT); AND NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURÉS (BY $18 MILLION OR 1 PER CENT).

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

THE OCTOBER 1983 ISSUE OF HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS - SUMMARY+ ARE NOW 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 OCTOBER 1983, WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY JANUARY 1984 AT THE 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 (TEL. NO.: 5-214375). FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT TRADE STATISTICS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TFL. NO. 5-444436).

TABLE 1

DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY TEN MAJOR MARKETS

MA JOR

JAN.-OCT.

1983

MARKET

($ MN)

JAN.-OCT.

1982 ($ MN)

INCREASE/

DECREASE

($ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

U.S.A.

35 061

25 514

+9 548

+37

U.K.

6 746

5 727

+1 019

+18

F.R. OF GERMANY

6 211

5 544

+ 667

+12

CHINA

4 809

3 051

+1 758

+58

JAPAN

3 102

2 646

+ 456

+17

CANADA

3 028

2 132

+ 896

+42

AUSTRALIA

2 231

2 350

-

119

-

- 5

SINGAPORE

1 783

1 590

+ 192

+12

NETHERLANDS

1 530

1 321

+ 210

+16

FRANCE

1 313

1 203

+ 110

/TABLE 2