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MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1986

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $50 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT) AS WELL AS NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $30 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT).

DECREASES IN RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN WERE RECORDED IN TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $147 MILLION OR 88 PER CENT) CLOTHING (BY $23 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT) AS WELL AS VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $19 MILLION OR 42 PER CENT). HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR OTHER TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (BY $24 MILLION OR 1 520 PER CENT) AS WELL AS MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY JEWELLERY, GOLDSMITHS' AND SILVERSMITHS' WARES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS MATERIALS (BY $16 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT).

INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN WERE RECORDED IN ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $59 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT) AS WELL AS NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $33 MILLION OR 97 PER CENT). RE-EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE OF MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (MAINLY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF, AND OFFICE AND STATIONERY SUPPLIES) INCREASED (BY $51 MILLION OR 257 PER CENT), AS DID COFFEE, TEA, COCOA, SPICES, AND MANUFACTURES THEREOF (BY $30 MILLION OR 110 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY MILLION OR 51 PER CENT), AND FOR RE-EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE OF NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $4 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT).

TABLE 6 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION,

THE FEBRUARY 1986 ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS SUMMARY+ WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE NEXT WEEK 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 FEBRUARY 1986 WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY MAY AT $13.50 PER COPY.

ENQUIRIES ON REGULAR SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS AND ON TRADE STATISTICS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT BASKERVILLE HOUSE, HONG KONG (TEL. 5-214375) AND THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. 5-444436).

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