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INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES WERE MOSTLY OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $704 MILLION OR 92 PER CENT), TRANSPORT EQUIPMENTS, OTHER THAN ROAD VEHICLES (BY $453 MILLION OR 384 PER CENT), AND TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $256 MILLION OR 280 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $244 MILLION OR 94 PER CENT), AND MANUFACTURES OF METAL (BY $33 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT).

DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN OF OFFICE AND STATIONERY SUPPLIES (BY $14 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT) AND IN IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $48 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT). HOWEVER, IMPORTS OF TEXTILES FROM TAIWAN INCREASED (BY $616 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT); AND IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS FROM SINGAPORE ALSO INCREASED (BY $225 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT).

RE-EXPORTS

INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $3 800 MILLION OR 147 PER CENT), U.S.A. (BY $1 460 MILLION OR 71 PER CENT), TAIWAN (BY $706 MILLION OR 80 PER CENT), JAPAN (BY $676 MILLION OR 85 PER CENT), REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA) (BY $399 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (BY $223 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT), AUSTRALIA (BY $197 MILLION OR 81 PER CENT) AND MACAU (BY $188 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO INDONESIA (BY $243 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT) AND NIGERIA (BY $228 MILLION OR 79 PER CENT).

MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTS THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEXTILES (BY $1 599 MILLION OR 80 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 216 MILLION OR 103 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $757 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT) AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, N.E.S. (BY $432 MILLION OR 53 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE RE-EXPORTS OF OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUIT (BY $66 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT), OTHER TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (BY $27 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT) AND METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $13 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT).

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

A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, +HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE+, WITH A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN APRIL 1984 WILL BE ON SALE IN EARLY JULY 1984 AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$12 A 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).

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