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MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1987

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ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM JAPAN INCREASED BY 23 PER CENT. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $471 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT) TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $210 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT); AS WELL AS IRON AND STEEL (BY $161 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR MANUFACTURES OF METAL (BY $62 MILLIÓN OR 27 PER CENT) AS WELL AS FURNITURE AND PARTS THEREOF (BY $18 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT),

THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE U.S. WERE UP BY 20 PER CENT, WITH INCREASES IN TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $135 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT); AS WELL AS TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN ROAD VEHICLES (BY $117 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS REGISTERED FOR PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $83 MILLION OR 93 PER CENT).

IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN WERE UP BY 55 PER CENT. INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN TEXTILES (BY $558 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $254 MILLION OR 94 PER CENT).

IMPORTS FROM THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA ROSE BY 78 PER CENT, WITH INCREASES IN TEXTILES (BY $233 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT); AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $202 MILLION OR 137 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS REGISTERED FOR IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN OF IRON AND STEEL (BY $64 MILLION OR 67 PER CENT).

TABLE 4 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY MAJOR COMMUNITY DIVISION.

THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS TO HONG KONG'S TEN MAJOR MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 5.

COMPARING THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 1987 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1986, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA INCREASED BY 45 PER CENT. ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN TEXTILES (BY $563 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT) OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $358 MILLION OR 318 PER CENT); AS WELL AS PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $189 MILLION OR 116 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN INORGANIC CHEMICALS (BY $62 MILLION OR 79 PER CENT) AS WELL AS IRON AND STEEL (BY $46 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT),

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