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RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATING IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA SHOWED SIGNIFICANT INCREASES, PARTICULARLY FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $523 MILLION OR 365 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $237 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $99 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT).

RE-EXPORTS BY ORIGIN AND DESTINATION

WHEN ANALYSED BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND FURTHER BY COUNTRY OF DESTINATION, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR RE-EXPORTS OF CHINA ORIGIN TO THE U.S. (BY $2 478 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT), CHINA (BY $966 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT), JAPAN (BY $743 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT) AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY $498 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT).

INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS OF JAPAN ORIGIN WERE MAINLY TO CHINA (BY $5 063 MILLION OR 53 PER CENT), MACAU (BY $106 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT) AND SINGAPORE (BY $105 MILLION OR 8 PER CENT). SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE ALSO NOTED IN RE-EXPORTS OF TAIWAN ORIGIN TO CHINA (BY $4 370 MILLION OR 131 PER CENT) AND MACAU (BY $65 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT).

FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT +HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE, DECEMBER 1985+ WHICH IS ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE.

TABLE 1: RE-EXPORTS TO TEN MAJOR MARKETS

MAJOR MARKET

1985 ($ MN.)

1984 ($ MN.)

INCREASE(+)/ DECREASE(-)

($ MN.)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

(%)

CHINA

46 023

28 064

+17 959

+64

U.S.A.

14 705

12 109

+ 2 596

+21

JAPAN

5 486

4 633

853

+18

SINGAPORE

4 388

4 511

123

- 3

TAIWAN

4 325

4 868

543

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REPUBLIC OF KOREA

3 872

3 440

432

+13

MACAU

2 556

2 354

+

202

INDONESIA

2 301

3 654

- 1 353

-37

FEDERAL REPUBLIC

1 554

1 073

481

+45

OF GERMANY

PHILIPPINES

1 532

1 478

54

+4

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