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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1987

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN AIRBORNE IMPORTS OF DYEING, TANNING AND COLOURING MATERIALS FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (BY $30 MILLION OR 61 PER CENT) AND SWITZERLAND (BY $13 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT); POWER GENERATING MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT FROM THE U.S.A. (BY $32 MILLION OR 40 PER CENT); AND NON-FERROUS METALS FROM JAPAN (BY $21 MILLION OR 83 PER CENT).

AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS TO MAJOR MARKETS ARE DEPICTED IN TABLE 3.

HONG KONG'S AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS TO ALL MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED IN VALUE TERMS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1987 OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1986. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (+111 PER CENT), BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG (+63 PER CENT), THE U.S.A. (+63 PER CENT), TAIWAN (+63 PER CENT) AND SWITZERLAND (+55 PER CENT).

INCREASES IN VALUE OF AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1,437 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT); CLOTHING (BY $1,187 MILLION OR 100 PER CENT); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA

CENT); PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $565 MILLION OR 83

AS WELL AS PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $419 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT).

METALWORKING

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR POWER GENERATING MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT (BY $45 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT); MACHINERY (BY $15 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT); AS WELL AS SUGAR, SUGAR PREPARATIONS AND HONEY (BY $2 MILLION OR 73 PER CENT).

INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF TO TAIWAN (BY $661 MILLION OR 80 PER CENT) AND THE U.S.A. (BY $200 MILLION OR 59 PER CENT); CLOTHING TO THE U.S.A. (BY $842 MILLION OR 90 PER CENT) AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (BY $93 MILLION OR 186 PER CENT); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT TO THE U.S.A. (BY $46 MILLION OR 42 PER CENT); AS WELL AS PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS TO THE U.S.A. (BY $80 MILLION OR 65 PER CENT).

$15

OR

RECORDED HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE

IN AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS OF POWER GENERATING MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT TO IRAN (BY

MILLION 100 PER CENT, AND THE U.S.A. (BY $14 MILLION OR METALWORKING MACHINERY TO CHINA (BY $4 MILLION OR 44 WELL AS SUGAR, SUGAR PREPARATIONS AND HONEY TO ITALY OR 76 PER CENT).

50

PER CENT);

PER

(BY

CENT); AS $2 MILLION

FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE REPORT "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE, JUNE 1987" WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE IN EARLY SEPTEMBER AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $15 PER COPY.

DEPARTMENT ON ENQUIRIES MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS

5-8234915.

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