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INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $1 021 MILLION OR 169 PER CENT), UNITED STATES (BY $440 MILLION OR 85 PER CENT), TAIWAN (BY $171 MILLION OR 91 PER CENT), JAPAN (BY $130 MILLION OR 70 PER CENT), REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA) (BY $112 MILLION OR 80 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (BY $49 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT), DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY $47 MILLION OR 328 PER CENT) AND CANADA (BY $41 MILLION OR 103 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO INDONESIA (BY $86 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT) AND NIGERIA (BY 65 MILLION OR 77 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 TEXTILES (BY $452 MILLION OR 105 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $300 MILLION OR 111 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $244 MILLION OR 81 PER CENT) AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $141 MILLION OR 77 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE RE-EXPORTS OF OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUIT (BY $22 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT), NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $11 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT) AND METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $11 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT). THE CHANGES IN RE- EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 6.

THE JANUARY 1984 ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS SUMMARY WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

+HONG CENTRE AT HK$5 PER COPY. A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT. KONG EXTERNAL TRADE+, WITH A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN JANUARY 1984 WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY APRIL 1984, 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).

TABLE 1 : DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY TEN MAJOR MARKETS

MAJOR MARKETS

JAN. 1984

($ MN)

JAN. 1983

($ MN)

INCREASE ($ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE ( % )

U.S.A.

4 753

2 536

+2 217

+87

F.R. OF GERMANY

889

548

341

+62

U.K.

791

437

353

+81

CHINA

670

352

317

+90

JAPAN

369

230

139

+60

AUSTRALIA

359

188

171

+91

/CANADA