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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1984

RE-EXPORT TRADE UP 55 PER CENT

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THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORT TRADE HAS SOARED TO A RECORD $37 231 MILLION FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR, ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE LATEST FIGURES REPRESENT AN INCREASE OF $13 256 MILLION, OR 55 PER CENT, OVER THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

CHINA WAS AGAIN THE LARGEST MARKET FOR HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS, SHOWING A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE OF $5 960 MILLION OR 139 PER CENT, ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN TEXTILES (BY $1 347 MILLION OR 105 PER CENT), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $482 MILLION OR 256 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS (BY $13 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT).

AT THE SAME TIME, A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE WAS RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A. (UP BY $2 275 MILLION OR 68 PER CENT) - - THE SECOND LARGEST MARKET FOR HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS. THE COMMODITIES SHOWING SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE CLOTHING (UP $724 MILLION OR 74 PER CENT) AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, MAINLY BASKET WORK, WICKERWORK AND ARTICLES OF PLAITING MATERIALS (UP $465 MILLION OR 130 PER CENT), AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS (UP $294 MILLIÓN OR 110 PER CENT). NOTABLE DECREASES IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A. WERE RECORDED FOR OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (DOWN $56 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT) AND VEGETABLES AND FRUITS (DOWN $6 MILLION OR THREE PER CENT).

INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS (UP $434 MILLIÓN OR 116 PER CENT), CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS (UP $118 MILLION OR 62 PER CENT), FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS AND PREPARATIONS (UP $80 MILLION ÓR 175 PER CENT). A DECREASE WAS RECORDED FOR MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES (DOWN $18 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT).

AN OVERALL INCREASE OF $327 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT, WAS REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE. COMMODITIES SHOWING SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THAT MARKET WERE ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS (UP $196 MILLION OR 78 PER CENT) AND VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (UP $33 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT). A DECREASE OF $33 MILLION, OR 19 PER CENT, WAS RECORDED FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT.

SIGNIFICANT DICRE,SES