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FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1986

INCREASES WERE, HOWEVER, RECORDED IN TEXTILES (BY $129 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT) AS WELL AS IRON AND STEEL (BY $33 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT).

RE-EXPORTS OF U.S. ORIGIN REMAINED ACTIVE IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1986. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR OTHER TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (BY $319 MILLION OR 275 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $87 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $118 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT).

THE COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTS OF TAIWAN ORIGIN DECREASED. WITH SIGNIFICANT DECREASES WERE ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $664 MILLION OR 62 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILES (BY $264 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT). HOWEVER, AN INCREASE WAS RECORDED IN MACHINERY SPECIALIZED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES (BY $76 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT).

RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATING IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA ALSO DECREASED, PARTICULARLY FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $492 MILLION OR 89 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $231 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, AN INCREASE WAS RECORDED IN MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $47 MILLION OR 224 PER CENT).

RE-EXPORTS BY COUNTRY OF 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 $2 600 MILLION OR 53 PER CENT), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY $507 MILLION OR 65 PER CENT), CHINA (BY $388 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT) AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (BY $257 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS OF JAPAN ORIGIN TO CHINA (BY $4 795 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT), INDONESIA (BY $400 MILLION OR 78 PER CENT) AND MACAU (BY $150 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT).

FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT +HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE, JUNE 1986+ WHICH WILL BE 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.

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