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MEANWHILE, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN OF TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $613 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT) AND IN IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING

HOWEVER, APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $284 MILLION OR 220 PER CENT). IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL FROM TAIWAN DECREASED (BY $36 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT), AS DID IMPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF FROM SINGAPORE (BY $93 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT).

RE-EXPORTS

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $12 467 MILLION OR 151 PER CENT), U.S.A. (BY $939 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT), JAPAN (BY $434 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT), MACAU (BY $228 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT), ITALY (BY $115 MILLION OR 116 PER CENT), FRANCE (BY $81 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT), BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG (BY $65 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT) AND THE PHILIPPINES (BY $61 MILLION OR 12 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO INDONESIA (BY $283 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT) AND SINGAPORE (BY $281 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT).

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 $2 476 MILLION OR 207 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 428 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $1 405 MILLION OR 182 PER CENT) AND TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $1 400 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT).

DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS OF VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $137 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT), FERTILIZERS MANUFACTURED (BY $76 MILLION OR 95 PER CENT) AND FEEDING STUFF FOR ANIMALS (NOT INCLUDING UNMILLED CEREALS) (BY $60 MILLION OR 62 PER CENT),

(RELEVANT TABLES ARE SET OUT BELOW)

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THE MAY 1985 ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS SUMMARY+ WILL BE AVAILABLE 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 MAY 1985 WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY AUGUST 1985 AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $13 PER COPY.

/ENQUIRIES CONCERNING