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THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1985

MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $482 MILLION OR 210 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $413" MILLION OR 309 PER CENT), TEXTILES (BY $334 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $251 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS OF VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $45 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT), PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $39 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT) AND FEEDING STUFF FOR ANIMALS (NOT INCLUDING UNMILLED CEREALS) (BY $21 MILLION OR 67 PER CENT).

THE JANUARY 1985 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 JANUARY 1985 WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY APRIL 1985 AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS 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).

FOLLOWING ARE STATISTICAL TABLES:

MAJOR MARKETS

TABLE 1: DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY TEN MAJOR MARKETS

DECREASE) PERCENTAGE

JANUARY

1985 ($ MN)

JANUARY

1984 ($ MN)

($ MN)

(%)

U.S.A.

4 769

4 753

+ 15

CHINA

1 410

670

+740

+111

U.K.

749

791

42

5

F.R. OF GERMANY

726

889

-162

-

- 18

CANADA

349

344

5

+

1

AUSTRALIA

340

359

19

เก

5

JAPAN

330

369

-

39

11

/SINGAPORE

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