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INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN AIRBORNE IMPORTS OF THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, PHOTOCELLS, TRANSISTORS AND PARTS (BY $3 300 MILLION OR 71 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $1 385 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL APPARATUS FOR MAKING AND BREAKING OR FOR PROTECTING ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS (BY $378 MILLION OR 90 PER CENT), PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES (BY $326 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT), AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND APPARATUS (BY $289 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT).

IN CONTRAST, DECREASES WERE NOTED IN THE SUPPLY BY AIR OF PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES (BY $796 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT), AND JEWELLERY, GOLDSMITHS' AND SILVERSMITHS' WARES (BY $102 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT).

GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN AIRBORNE IMPORTS OF THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, PHOTOCELLS AND TRANSISTORS FROM JAPAN (BY $1 356 MILLION OR 134 PER CENT) AND THE U.S. (BY $1 274 MILLION OR 135 PER CENT), AS WELL AS IN WATCHES AND CLOCKS FROM JAPAN (BY $650 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT) AND SWITZERLAND (BY $328 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE ALSO REGISTERED IN AIRBORNE IMPORTS OF PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES FROM THE U.S. (BY $373 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT), FROM BELGIUM (BY $102 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT) AND FROM SWITZERLAND (BY $80 MILLION OR 59 PER CENT).

AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS EXPERIENCED CONSIDERABLE GROWTH IN 1983. CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN VALUE WERE REGISTERED FOR THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, PHOTOCELLS, TRANSISTORS AND PARTS (BY $1 276 MILLION OR 77 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $597 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT), AND CLOTHING (BY $406 MILLION OR 115 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS OF PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES DECREASED SUBSTANTIALLY (BY $431 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT).

THE U.S. WAS THE LARGEST MARKET FOR HONG KONG'S AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS, WITH A VALUE OF $2 360 MILLION (AN INCREASE OF $509 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT). NOTABLE INCREASES WERE ALSO REGISTERED

IN AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE (BY $645 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT), TAIWAN (BY $453 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT), CHINA (BY $450 MILLION OR 124 PER CENT), AND REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY $327 MILLION OR 100 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS TO BELGIUM AND ISRAEL DECREASED CONSIDERABLY (BY $106 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT AND $76 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT, RESPECTIVELY).

FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE DECEMBER 1983 ISSUE OF HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE+ NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION CENTRE.

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