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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1985

MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH IN 1984, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEXTILES (BY $4 886 MILLION OR 62 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $3 458 MILLION OR 70 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2 377 MILLION OR 107 PER CENT) AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $2 195 MILLION OR 69 PER CENT).

DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS OF OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUIT (BY $150 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT), TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN ROAD AND AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $56 MILLION OR 20 FER CENT) AND VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $50 MILLION OR FOUR PER CENT).

THE DECEMBER 1984 ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS SUMMARY+ WILL BE ON SALE 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 DECEMBER 1984 WILL BE ON SALE NEXT MONTH AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $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).

FOLLOWING ARE RELATED TABLES:

TABLE 1 DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY TEN MAJOR MARKETS

JAN.-DEC.

MAJOR

1984

JAN.-DEC.

1983

MARKETS

($ MN)

($ MN)

INCREASE ($ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

(%)

U.S.A.

61 374

43 802

+17 573

+40

CHINA

11 283

6 223

+ 5 060

+81

U.K.

10 497

8 538

+ 1 959

+23

F.R. OF GERMANY

9 522

8 043

+ 1 479

+18

JAPAN

5 151

3 910

+ 1 241

+32

CANADA

4 510

3 731

779

+21

AUSTRALIA

3 824

2 927

896

+31

SINGAPORE

2 627

2 228

399

+18

NETHERLANDS

2 418

1 963

454

+23

FRANCE

2 007

1 660

347

+21

TABLE 2: