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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1985
DECREASES IN RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN WERE RECORDED IN ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $348 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT) AS WELL AS CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS (BY $75 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT). RE-EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF FELL (BY $235 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT), AS DID PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $52 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN OF NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $128 MILLION OR 98 PER CENT) AND IN RE-EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RCORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $86 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT).
TABLE 6 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION.
THE AUGUST, 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 AUGUST 1985 WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY NOVEMBER 1985 AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $13 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES ABOUT SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS AND ON TRADE STATISTICS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT BASKERVILLE HOUSE (TEL. NO. 5-214375) AND THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. : 5-444436).
TABLE 1: DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY TEN MAJOR MARKETS
JAN.-AUG.
1985
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
(%)
MAJOR MARKET
($ MN)
JAN.-AUG.
1984 ($ MN)
INCREASE(+)/ DECREASE
($ MN)
U.S.A.
36 915
40 248
3 333
8
CHINA
10 416
6 481
+ 3 935
+ 61
U.K.
5 401
6 521
- 1 120
17
F.R. OF GERMANY
4 994
6 367
- 1 374
—
22
JAPAN
2 903
3 331
428
· 13
CANADA
2 807
2 998
191
6
AUSTRALIA
2 209
2 473
263
+
11
SINGAPORE
1 465
1 767
302
-
17
NETHERLANDS
1 345
1 584
239
15
FRANCE
1 109
1 234
125
10
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