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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1985

ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA WERE RECORDED IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2 709 MILLION OR 404 PER CENT); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS (BY $1 949 MILLION OR 271 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $1 853 MILLION OR 71 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN FERTILIZERS (BY $82 MILLION OR 95 PER CENT) AS WELL AS PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $41 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT).

A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE (BY $1 100 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT) WAS ALSO RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A., THE SECOND LARGEST MARKET FOR HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS. THE COMMODITIES WITH LARGE INCREASES WERE MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS) (BY $626 MILLION OR 76 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS (BY $224 MILLION OR 68 PER CENT) AS WELL AS NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $83 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT).

NOTABLE DECREASES IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A. WERE RECORDED FOR VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $75 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ORGANIC CHEMICALS (BY $23 MILLION OR 78 PER CENT).

INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN OF NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $207 MILLION OR 666 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $200 MILLION OR 185 PER CENT). A DECREASE WAS RECORDED FOR NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $73 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT).

AN OVERALL DECREASE OF $191 MILLION OR EIGHT PER CENT IN RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN WAS REGISTERED, SIGNIFICANT DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $219 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT) AS WELL AS CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS (BY $62 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT). AN INCREASE IN RE-EXPORTS VALUE WAS, HOWEVER, REGISTERED FOR NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $79 MILLION OR 87 PER CENT).

SIGNIFICANT DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $207 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT) AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $54 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, AN INCREASE WAS RECORDED FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $55 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT).

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