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MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1987

ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA INCREASED BY 68 PER CENT IN VALUE. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILES (BY $339 MILLION OR 98 PER CENT); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $257 MILLION OR 119 PER CENT) AS WELL AS MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $229 MILLION OR 84 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT AND MACHINE PARTS (BY $8 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT); AS WELL AS FURNITURE AND PARTS THEREOF (BY $2 MILLION OR 9 PER CENT).

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY INCREASED BY 46 PER CENT IN VALUE. INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $393 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT); AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $64 MILLION OR 95 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS REGISTERED FOR FOOTWEAR (BY $3 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT).

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM WERE UP BY 18 PER CENT, WITH INCREASES IN CLOTHING (BY $135 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $37 MILLION OR 69 PER CENT).

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN INCREASED BY 60 PER CENT, WITH GROWTH IN CLOTHING (BY $202 MILLION OR 110 PER CENT) AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY JEWELLERY, GOLDSMITHS' AND - SILVERSMITHS' WARES, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF PRECIOUS OR SEMI- PRECIOUS MATERIALS (BY $46 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT).

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HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS REGISTERED FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $41 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT).

THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION ARE PRESENTED IN TABLE 2.

THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM HONG KONG'S TEN MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.

IMPORTS FROM CHINA INCREASED BY 45 PER CENT IN VALUE IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 1987 AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1986.

INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $1 108 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT) TEXTILES (BY $908 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT); AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $469 MILLION OR 74 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $79 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT); AS WELL AS METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $58 MILLION OR 69 PER CENT).

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