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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1987

RE-EXPORTS BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

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RE-EXPORTS ARE ANALYSED BY 10 MAJOR

COUNTRIFS OF ORIGIN IN

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AS SOURCES OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS, CHINA, JAPAN, THE U.S.A., TAIWAN AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA CONTRIBUTED 16 PER CENT, 11 PER CENT, 8 PER CENT, 7 PER CENT AND 3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VALUE TERMS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1987. FOR THE SAME SOURCES, THE PERCENTAGE SHARES

IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1986 WERE 40 PER CENT, 16 PER CENT, 9 PER CENT, 7 PER CENT AND 3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY..

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COMPARING THE FIRST HALF OF 1987 WITH THE FIRST HALF OF 1986, ALL THE ORIGIN COUNTRIES FOR HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS RECORDED INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS, WITH THE MORE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES RECORDED FOR CHINA (+72 PER CENT), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+72 PER CENT), TAIWAN (+47 PER CENT), ITALY (+11 PER CENT), SWITZERLAND (+39 PER CENT) AND FRANCE (+39 PER CENT).

CHINA CONTINUED TO BK THE LARGEST SOURCE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1987, WITH A GROWTH OF 72 PER CENT IN VALUR TERMS IN SUCH TRADE COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

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ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING $3,517 MILLION OR 68 PER CENT); TEXTILES (BY $2,668 MILLION OR 63 CENT) AS WELL AS MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $2,614 MILLION OR 91 PER CENT). HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN COFFEE, TEA, COCOA, SPICES, AND MANUFACTURES THEREOF (BY $31 MILLION OR 12 PER CENT} AS WELL AS FEEDING STUFF FOR ANIMALS, NOT INCLUDING UNMILLED CEREALS (RY $13 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT).

JAPAN REMAINED THE SECOND LARGEST SOURCE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1987, WITH AN INCREASE OF 32 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS IN SUCH TRADE.

INCREASES WERE REGISTERED 'FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $531 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $518 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $485 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE, HOWEVER, RECORDED IN IRON AND STEEL (BY $23 MILLION OR 7 PER CENT) AS WELL AS NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $19 MILLION PER CENT).

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