XN000022-1984-04-05 — Page 4

3

THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1984

RE-EXPORTS BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

CHINA REMAINED THE LARGEST SOURCE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS. INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS WERE NOTED FOR CLOTHING (BY $1 381 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT), TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS (BY $299 MILLION OR 80 PER CENT WOVEN FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FIBRES FLY

CY $279 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT), WOVEN TEXTILE FABRICS OTHER THAN OF COTTON OR MAN-MADE FIBRES (BY $215 MILLION OR 106 PER CENT), MADE-UP ARTICLES, WHOLLY OR CHIEFLY OF TEXTILE MATERIALS (BY $160 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT) AND BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $139 MILLION OR 75 PER CENT).

JAPAN WAS THE SECOND MAJOR SOURCE OF RE-EXPORTS.

INCREASES

WERE REGISTERED IN WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $538 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARÁTUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $351 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT), THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, PHOTOCELLS, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND PARTS (BY $349 MILLION OR 94 PER CENT) AND OFFICE MACHINES (BY $173 MILLION OR 91 PER CENT).

OVERSEAS PURCHASES OF U.S.A. PRODUCTS THROUGH HONG KONG REMAINED ACTIVE IN 1983. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODES AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, PHOTOCELLS, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND PARTS (BY $210 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT),

AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO (BY $124 MILLION OR 73 PER CENT) AIR-CRAFT AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, AND PARTS (BY $118 MILLION OR 98 PER CENT).

COMMODITIES

RE-EXPORTS OF TAIWAN ORIGIN SLIGHTLY INCREASED. WITH INCREASES WERE THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, PHOTOCELLS, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND PARTS (BY $105 MILLION OR 112 PER CENT), TEXTILE YARN (BY $30 MILLION OR 8 PER CENT) AS WELL AS WOVEN COTTON FABRICS (BY $25 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT).

RE-EXPORTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA) ORIGIN DECLINED, PARTICULARLY FOR WOVEN FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FIBRES (BY $75 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT).

RE-EXPORTS BY TEN MAJOR COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 2.

RE-EXPORTS BY ORIGIN AND DESTINATION

WHEN ANALYSED BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND THEN BY DESTINATION, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS OF CHINA ORIGIN TO THE U.S.A. (BY $1 936 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT), CHINA (BY $437 MILLION OR 79 PER CENT), SAUDI ARABIA (BY $316 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT) AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA) (BY $270 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT). INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS OF JAPAN ORIGIN WERE MAINLY TO CHINA (BY $1 733 MILLION OR 105 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (BY $360 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT) AND THE U.S.A. (BY $224 MILLION OR 76 PER CENT). SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE ALSO NOTED IN RE-EXPORTS OF U.S.A. ORIGIN TO CHINA (BY $440 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT) AND TAIWAN (BY $159 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT).

/TABLE 1: