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FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1987

SUPPLIERS I'N 1986. THE REPUBLIC OF TAIWAN (+49 PER (ENT),

ΤΟ MAY 1987 FROM ALL JANUARY

MAJOR IMPORTS IN INCREASED IN VALUE TERMS WHEN COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN IMPORTS FROM KOREA (+80 PER CENT), CHINA (+50 PER CENT), ITALY (+49 PER CENT) AND SWITZERLAND (+35 PER CENT).

RE-EXPORTS ΤΟ COMPARISON, ON THE SAME BASIS OF REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE U.S.A., THE TERMS KOREA AND TAIWAN INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN VALUE

65 PER CENT AND CENT, 99 PER RESPECTIVELY.

CENT,

70 PER

CENT,

THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF

BY 101 PER CENT PER

56

ARE MEASURED AT CURRENT ALL TRADE STATISTICS PRESENTED HERE

DETWEEN PRICES AND NO ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TAKEN OF THE CHANGES IN PRICES

THE ANALYSIS OF

PRICE AND A SEPARATE THE PERIODS OF COMPARISON,

WILL BE RELEASED IN VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN MAY 1987 EARLY AUGUST 1987.

DOMESTIC THE CHANGES IN MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

ΤΟ EXPORTS

HONG KONG'S

TFN MAJOR

THE SAME PERIOD TERMS WERE RECORDED NOTABLE ONES INCLUDE CENT);

COMPARING THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF 1987 WITH IN 1986, INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN VALUE IN ALL MAJOR COMMODITY CLOTHING (BY $1,512 MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY

DIVISIONS.

MILLION OR

MORE THE 25 PER

MISCELLANEOUS

AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $2,508 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT);

AS $2,471 MILLION OR 68 PER CENT); SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS MILLION OR 54 PER CENT).

CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES TEXTILES / BY AND WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1,926

HAND, OTHER

DECREASES

WERE

IN RECORDED

TRANSPORT 45 PER CENT);

ON THE EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN ROAD VEHICLES (BY $36 MILLION OR AS WELL AS VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $28 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT).

TABLE 2 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC COMMODITY DIVISION.

THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM HONG ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.

EXPORTS BY MAJOR

KONG'S TEN MAJOR SUPPLIERS

PARTS

ELECTRICAL

THEREOF

MACHINERY,

(BY

$4,610 CENT);

THE SAME PERIOD COMPARING THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF 1987 WITH

IN VALUE TERMS WERE REGISTERED FOR IN 1986, INCREASES IN IMPORTS

PER CENT); TEXTILES (BY $6,433 MILLION OR 41

AND ELECTRICAL APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES MILLION OR 57 PER CENT); CLOTHING (BY $3,142 MILLION OR 53 PER

AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS

CENT). HOWEVER, APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $3,255 MILLION OR 73 PER

AND RELATED DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS

COKE AND MATERIALS (BY $416 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT); AS WELL AS COAL, BRIQUETTES (BY $110 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT).

/TABLE 4