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TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1984

DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN OF IRON AND STEEL (BY $18 MILLION OR 5%) AND IN IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $924 MILLION OR 15%). HOWEVER, IMPORTS OF TEXTILES FROM TAIWAN INCREASED (BY $473 MILLION OR 15%); AND IMPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF FROM SINGAPORE ALSO INCREASED (BY $409 MILLION OR 66%).

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

INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $3 220 MILLION OR 45%), U.S.A. (BY $2 045 MILLION OR 40%) SINGAPORE (BY $816 MILLION OR 25%), REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA) (BY $667 MILLION OR 44%), TAIWAN (BY $636 MILLION OR 26%), JAPAN (BY $498 MILLION OR 21 %), SAUDI ARABIA (BY $396 MILLION OR 47%), AND THAILAND (BY $333 MILLION OR 46%). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO INDONESIA (BY $540 MILLION OR 13%) AND NIGERIA (BY $314 MILLION OR 39%). THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE TEN MAJOR MARKETS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 5.

MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG SHOWED STRONG GROWTH. THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING CLOTHING (BY $1 343 MILLION OR 50%) - ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 237 MILLION OR 40%)- TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $1 095 MILLION OR 19%), AND PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $945 MILLION OR 33%).

DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE RE-EXPORTS OF ROAD VEHICLES (INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES) (BY $379 MILLION OR 18%), METALL IFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $158 MILLION OR 55%)

AND CRUDE RUBBER (INCLUDING SYNTHETIC AND RECLAIMED) (BY $16 MILLION OR 41%). THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 6.

THE NOVEMBER 1983 ISSUE OF +HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS SUMMARY+ WILL SOON BE ON SALE 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 NOVEMBER 1983 WILL BE ON SALE IN EARLY FEBRUARY, 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. 5-444436).

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