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MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEXTILES (BY $757 MILLION OR 87 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $552 MILLION OR 108 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $405 MILLION OR 70 PER CENT) AND TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (NOT MANUFACTURED INTO YARN OR FABRIC) (BY $187 MILLION OR 175 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE RE-EXPORTS OF OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUIT (BY $74 MILLION OR 77 PER CENT), METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $21 MILLION OR 53 PER CENT) AND ROAD VEHICLES (INCLUDING AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES) (BY $19 MILLION OR 5 PER CENT).

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

THE FEBRUARY 1984 ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS SUMMARY+ WILL BE ON SALE LATER THIS MONTH AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$5 PER COPY.

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A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, +HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE+, WITH A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN FEBRUARY 1984 WILL BE ON SALE IN EARLY MAY,, 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).

FOLLOWING ARE THE TABLES:

TABLE 1: DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY TEN MAJOR MARKETS

JAN.-FEB.

1984

MAJOR MARKETS

($ MN)

JAN.-FEB. 1983 ($ MN)

INCREASE

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

($ MN)

(%)

U.S.A.

7 542

4 627

+2 914

+63

F.R. OF GERMANY

1 441

1 035

405

+39

U.K.

1 338

922

416

+45

CHINA

1 199

635

564

+89

JAPAN

609

425

184

+43

CANADA

583

412

+

171

+42

AUSTRALIA

556

357

199

+56

/SINGAPORE