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LAJKEDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1984

DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN OF IRON AND STEEL (BY $10 MILLION OR 3%) AND IN IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $772 MILLION OR 11%). HOWEVER, IMPORTS OF TEXTILES FROM TAIWAN INCREASED (BY $667 MILLION OR 20%); AND IMPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF FROM SINGAPORE ALSO INCREASED (BY $453 MILLION OR 66%).

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

INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $4 191 MILLION OR 52%), U.S.A. (BY $2 413 MILLION OR 43%), SINGAPORE (BY $875 MILLION OR 24%), TAIWAN (BY $793 MILLION OR 30%), REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA) (BY $741 MILLION OR 44%), JAPAN (BY $610 MILLION OR 24%), SAUDI ARABIA (BY $394 MILLION OR 42%), AND THAILAND (BY $375 MILLION OR 46%). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO INDONESIA (BY $731 MILLION OR 16%) AND NIGERIA (BY $355 MILLION OR 39%). THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR MARKETS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 5.

MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 512 MILLION OR 44%); CLOTHING (BY $1 474 MILLION OR 49%); TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $1 391 MILLION OR 22%) AND PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $1 040 MILLION OR 32%).

DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE RE-EXPORTS OF ROAD VEHICLES (INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES) (BY $408 MILLION OR 18%), METAL- LIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $158 MILLION OR 52%) AND NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $20 MILLION OR 3%). THE MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 6.

THE DECEMBER 1983 ISSUE OF + HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS - SUMMARY+ WILL BE AVAILABLE LATER THIS MONTH 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 DECEMBER 1983 WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY MARCH 1984 AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS 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). ENQUIRIES CONCERNING TRADE STATISTICS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. 5-444436).

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