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THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1986

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INDSES IN VALUE OF AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY 3647 MILLION OR 119 PER CENT); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY. APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $405 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT); NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $104 MILLION OR 12 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $101 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF (BY $72 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT); CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS (BY $42 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $26 MILLION OR 84 PER CENT).

CASES WERE REGISTERED FOR AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS OF CLOTHING TO THE U.S. (BY $55 MILLION OR 148 PER CENT) AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (BY $27 MILLION OR 113 PER CENT); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF TO TAIWAN (BY $287 MILLION OR 53 PER CENT) AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY $220 MILLION OR 87 PER CENT); NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES TO JAF AN (BY 368 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT TO CHINA (BY $42 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN AIRBORNE IE-EXPORTS OF FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATION, THEREOF TO TAIWAN (BY $88 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT) AND SING..PORE (BY $12 MILLION OR 84 PER CENT) CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS TO CHINA (BY $27 MILLION OR 42 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS TO JAPAN (BY $21 MILLION OR 99 PER CENT).

FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT +HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE, JUNE 1986+ ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $13.50 PER COPY IN EARLY SEPTEMBER.

ENQUIRIES MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON 5-444436.

TABLE 1: AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO TEN MAJOR MARKETS

MAJOR MARKET

JAN-JUN

1986 (SMN.)

JAN-JUN

1995 (3MN.)

INCREASE ($MN.)

PERCENTAGE INCREASE

(6)

U.S.A.

9 191

7 751

1 440

19

F.R. OF GERMANY

1 657

1 057

600

57

/JAPAN