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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1984

WHEN ANALYSED BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND THEN BY DESTINATION, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS OF CHINA ORIGIN TO THE U.S. (UP $1 846 MILLION OR 82 PER CENT), CHINA (UP $564 MILLION OR 146 PER CENT), JAPAN (UP $528 MILLION OR 119 PER CENT) AND SOUTH KOREA (UP $287 MILLION OR 68 PER CENT). INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS OF JAPAN ORIGIN WERE MAINLY TO CHINA (UP $1 926 MILLION OR 185 PER CENT), U.S. (UP $163 MILLION OR 81 PER CENT) AND JAPAN (UP $154 MILLION OR 123 PER CENT). SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE ALSO NOTED IN RE-EXPORTS OF U.S. ORIGIN TO CHINA (UP $568 MILLION OR 99 PER CENT) AND TAIWAN (UP $288 MILLION OR 115 PER CENT).

TABLE 1 RE-EXPORTS BY 10 MAJOR MARKETS

JAN.-JUNE

1984 (HK$ MN.)

JAN.-JUNE

1983 (HK$ MN.)

INCREASE/ PERCENTAGE DECREASE

CHANGE (HK$ MN.) (%)

CHINA

10 260

4 301

+5 960

+139

U.S.A.

5 617

3 342

+2 275

+ 68

TAIWAN

2 430

1 432

999

+ 70

SINGAPORE

2 333

2 005

327

+ 16

JAP AN

2 185

1 309

876

+ 67

INDONESIA

1 954

2 036

81

4

SOUTH KOREA

1 731

1 137

594

+ 52

MACAU

1 157

878

279

+ 32

AUSTRALIA

671

357

313

+ 88

SAUDI ARABIA

666

646

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