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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1987

COMPARING JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1987 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1986, INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS IN VALUE TERMS WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILES (BY $7,223 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $6,314 MILLION OR 76 PER CENT); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $4,961 MILLION OR 65 PER CENT) AND CLOTHING (BY $4,487 MILLION OR 41 PER (ENT) HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN ROAD VEHICLES (BY $322 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT); AS WELL AS OFFEE, TEA, COCOA, SPICES, AND MANUFACTURES THEREOF (BY $235 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT).

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TABLE 6 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION.

DETAILED STATISTICS ON TRADE VALUE BY COMMODITY AND BY COUNTRY ARE AVAILABLE IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS. THE OCTOBER 1987 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS SUMMARY" WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AROUND DECEMBER 20, 1987, AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT 55.5 PER COPY. A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE", WITH A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN OCTOBER 1987 WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY JANUARY 1988 AT $16 PER COPY.

ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT FRENCH MISSION BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG (TEL. NO.: 5-8428802) AND ENQUIRIES ON TRADE STATISTICS TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO.: 5-8234915).

TABLE 1: DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY TEN MAJOR MARKETS

ALOR MARKET

JAN-OCT

1987

(HKD MN.)

JAN-OCT 87 OVER JAN-OCT 86

(%)

ост 1987

(HKD MN.)

OCT 87 OVER OCT 86

(%)

U.S.A.

60,830

+ 16

7,122

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9

CHINA

22,311

+ 58

2,530

+ 31

F.R. OF GERMANY

11,956

+ 39

1.167

+ 21

U.K.

10,204

+ 28

1,203

+ 26

JAPAN

7,818

+ 62

977

+ 40

CANADA

4,637

+ 14

507

+ 20

NETHERLANDS

3,167

+ 48

291

+ 24

SINGAPORE

3,079

+ 36

361

+ 40

FRANCE

3,005

+ 44

342

+ 30

AUSTRALIA

2,968

9

342

+ 12

TABLE 2: