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VEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1905

MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED ST¿.. GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2 784 MILLION OR 193 PER CENT), TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $1 655 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $1 518 MILLION OR 158 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 326 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS OF VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $138 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT), FERTILIZERS MANUFACTUREJ (BY $83 MILLION OR 95 PER CENT) AND FEEDING STUFF FOR ANIMALS (NOT INCLUDING UNMILLED CEREALS) (BY $72 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT).

THE JUNE 1985 ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS SUMMARY+ WILL BE AVAILABLE LATER THIS MONTH AT THE GOVERNMENT

A MORE COMPREHENSIVE PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $5 PER COPY.

REPORT, +HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE+, WITH A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN JUNE 1985 WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY SEPTEMBER 1985 AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $13 PER 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 SIX TABLES ILLUSTRATING THE FOREGOING:

TABLE 1 1 DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY TEN MAJOR MARKETS

MAJOR

JAN-JUN

1985

JAN-JUN

1984

MARKET

($ MN)

($ MN)

INCREASE DECREASE( ($ MN)

31

U.S.A.

26 125

27 927

- 1 802

CHINA

7 918

4 533

+ 3 385

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

(%)

6

+ 75

U.K.

3 898

4 633

735

-

16

F.R. OF GERMANY

3 572

4 468

896

-

20

JAPAN

2 053

2 308

255

11

CANADA

1 914

2 039

124

AUSTRALIA

1 585

1 731

145

/SINGAPORE