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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1987

IMPORTS IN JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1987

FROM ALL MAJOR SUPPLIERS

IN 1986. THE REPUBLIC OF (+42 PER CENT),

INCREASED IN VALUE TERMS WHEN COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN IMPORTS FROM KOREA (+54 PER CENT), CHINA (+46 PER CENT), ITALY (+40 PER CENT) AND THE U.S. (+34 PER CENT).

COMPARISON,

TAIWAN

ΤΟ RE-EXPORTS AUSTRALIA, TAIWAN

THE

56

FEDERAL AND THE BY 105 PER PER CENT

ON THE SAME BASIS OF REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE UNITED KINGDOM, REPUBLIC OF KOREA INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN VALUE TERMS 62 PER CENT, CENT,

62 PER CENT AND CENT, 79 PER RESPECTIVELY.

CURRENT

ARE MEASURED AT ALL TRADE STATISTICS PRESENTED HERE PRICES AND NO ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TAKEN OF THE CHANGES IN PRICES BETWEEN

A SEPARATE ANALYSIS OF THE PRICE THE PERIODS OF COMPARISON.

AND WILL BE RELEASED VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN OCTOBER 1987 IN EARLY JANUARY 1988.

IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO HONG KONG'S THE CHANGES MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

10 MAJOR

PER

CENT);

$4,413 MILLION

COMPARING JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1987 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1986, TERMS WERE RECORDED IN ALL INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN VALUE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS. THE MORE NOTABLE ONES INCLUDED CLOTHING (BY

TEXTILES (BY

OR $12,008 MILLION OR 29

$4,162 MILLION 52 PER CENT); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY

AND SOUND RECORDING OR 20 PER CENT); AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS

33 PER AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2,995 MILLION OR

IN VEGETABLES AND (ENT), ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED

EQUIPMENT

I

·

(BY $67 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT); AS WELL AS TRANSPORT R THAN ROAD VEHICLES (BY $24 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT).

TABLE 2 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC OMMODITY DIVISION.

EXPORTS BY MAJOR

THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM HONG KONG'S 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.

ARE

COMPARING JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1987 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1986, TEXTILES (BY INCREASES IN IMPORTS IN VALUE TERMS WERE REGISTERED FOR

APPARATUS AND $13,077 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $9,256 MILLION OR 49 PER

AND SOUND RECORDING TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AND REPRODUCING CENT);

MILLION OR $6,475

59 PER CENT); AND APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY

DECREASES WERE CLOTHING (BY $5,585 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT). HOWEVER,

THEREOF SPICES, AND MANUFACTURES RECORDED IN COFFEE, TEA, COCOA,

(BY

AS

AND 11

CENT); OR

PER

WELL

CEREAL

PREPARATIONS (BY $59 MILLION OR 4 PER CENT).

$109

MILLION

AS

CEREALS

TABLE 4 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY

MAJOR COMMODITY

DIVISION.

THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS TO HONG KONG'S 10 MAJOR SHOWN IN TABLE 5.

MARKETS ARE

/COMPARING JANUARY