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SUNDAY, SEPTEBER 15, 1985

MEANWHILE, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN OF TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $886 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT) AND IN IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $286 MILLION OR 145 PER CENT). HOWEVER, IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL FROM TAIWAN DECREASED (BY $67 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT), AS DID IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS FROM SINGAPORE (BY $266 MILLION OR 7 PER CENT).

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TABLE 4 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY SECTION.

THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS TO THE TEN MAJOR MARKETS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 5. SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $16 065 MILLION OR 128 PER CENT), U.S. (BY $1 392 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT), JAPAN (BY $564 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT), MACAU (BY $231 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT), ITALY (BY $152 MILLION OR 116 PER CENT), FRANCE (BY $99 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT), THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (BY $94 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT) AND CANADA (BY $80 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO INDONESIA (BY $647 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT) AND SINGAPORE (BY $367 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT).

THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 6. 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 $2 980 MILLION OR 170 PER CENT) TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $1 929 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $1 587 MILLION OR 135 PER CENT) AS WELL AS

AND ELECTRICAL ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 229 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT).

DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS OF VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $117 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT); MANUFACTURED FERTILIZERS (BY $82 MILLION OR 94 PER CENT) AND FEEDING STUFF FOR ANIMALS (NOT INCLUDING UNMILLED CEREALS) (BY $72 MILLION OR 59 PER CENT).

THE JULY 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 JULY 1985 WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY OCTOBER 1985 AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $13 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).

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