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MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEXTILES (BY $1 990 MILLION OR 75 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 535 MILLION OR 100 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $986 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT), AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $599 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT).

DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE RE-EXPORTS OF OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUIT (BY $88 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT), OTHER TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (BY $28 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT), AND METALL IFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $17 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT).

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

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

A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, +HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE+, WITH A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN MAY 1984, WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY AUGUST 1984 AT THE SAME CENTRE AT $12 PER COPY.

ENQUIRIES CONCERNING SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES 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

JAN.-MAY.

1984

PERCENTAGE

MAJOR MARKETS

U.S.A.

JAN.-MAY.

1983

($ MN)

($ MN)

INCREASE ($ MN)

CHANGE

(%)

22 179

13 669

+8 510

+62

U.K.

3 730

2 641

+1 088

+41

CHINA

3 652

1 988

+1 664

+84

F.R. OF GERMANY

3 619

2 602

+1 017

+39

JAPAN

1 858

1 298

560

+43

CANADA

1 605

1 193

412

+35

AUSTRALIA

1 413

877

536

+61

SINGAPORE

1 089

808

281

+35

NETHERLANDS

889

704

185

+26

SWITZERLAND

774

581

193

+33

/TABLE 2 :