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

MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEXTILES (BY $3 694 MILLION OR 69 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $2 761 MILLION OR 85 PER CENT), MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $1 524 MILLION OR 71 PER CENT) AND CLOTHING (BY $1 492 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS OF OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUIT (BY $105 MILLION OR 42 PER CENT), TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN ROAD AND AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $38 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT) AND METALL IFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $33 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT).

TABLE 1: DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY TEN MAJOR MARKETS

MAJOR MARKETS

JAN.-SEPT. 1984

($ MN)

JAN.-SEPT. 1983 ($ MN)

INCREASE ($ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

U.S.A.

46 158

30 305

+15 854

+ 52

U.K.

7 522

5 932

+ 1 591

+ 27

CHINA

7 490

4 156

+ 3 334

+ 80

F.R. OF GERMANY

7 056

5 566

+ 1 489

+ 27

JAPAN

3 856

2 677

+ 1 179

+ 44

CANADA

3 386

2 648

738

+ 28

AUSTRALIA

2 805

1 897

908

+ 48

SINGAPORE

1 968

1 567

402

+ 26

NETHERLANDS

1 793

1 373

420

+ 31

SWITZERLAND

1 441

1 152

289

+ 25

TABLE 2: DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS

COMMODITY

JAN,-SEPT. 1984

DIVISIONS

($ MN)

JAN.-SEPT. 1983 ($ MN)

INCREASE ($ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

ARTICLES OF

34 647

24 067

+10 580

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APPAREL AND

CLOTHING

ACCESSORIES

MISCELLANEOUS