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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1985

RE-EXPORTS BY MAJOR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

CHINA REMAINED THE LARGEST SOURCE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS, ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS OF GOODS OF CHINA ORIGIN WERE NOTED FOR BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $610 MILLION OR 164 PER CENT); CLOTHING (BY $333 MILLION CR 12 PER CENT) TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $320 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS (BY $303 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT); NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $259 MILLION OR 608 PER CENT) AS WELL AS FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF (BY $258 MILLION OR 92 PER CENT).

JAPAN WAS THE SECOND LARGEST SOURCE OF RE-EXPORTS. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1 713 MILLION OR 217 PER CENT); ROAD VEHICLES (INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES) (BY $993 MILLION OR 87 PER CENT) OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $897 MILLION OR 216 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $335 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT).

OVERSEAS PURCHASES OF TAIWAN PRODUCTS THROUGH HONG KONG REMAINED ACTIVE IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1985. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $1 053 MILLION OR 116 PER CENT) ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $766 MILLION OR 247 PER CENT) AS WELL AS MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES (BY $233 MILLION OR 498 PER CENT).

RE-EXPORTS OF U.S.A. ORIGIN ALSO INCREASED. THE COMMODITIES WITH INCREASES IN VALUE WERE OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $284 MILLION OR 76 PER CENT) AND INORGANIC CHEMICALS (BY $247 MILLION OR 327 PER CENT).

RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATING FROM THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA SHOWED SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE, PARTICULARLY FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $529 MILLION OR 2 189 PER CENT).

RE-EXPORTS BY ORIGIN AND DESTINATION

WHEN ANALYSED BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND THEN BY DESTINATION, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS OF CHINA ORIGIN TO THE U.S.A. (BY $842 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT), JAPAN (BY $581 MILLION OR 60 PER CENT), CHINA (BY $351 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT) AND ITALY (BY $142 MILLION OR 220 PER CENT). INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS OF JAPAN ORIGIN WERE MAINLY TO CHINA (BY $5 863 MILLION OR 197 PER CENT), MACAU (BY $136 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT) AND THE U.S.A. (BY $92 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT). SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE ALSO NOTED IN RE-EXPORTS OF TAIWAN ORIGIN TO CHINA (BY $3 324 MILLION OR 274 PER CENT) AND MACAU (BY $58 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT).

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