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MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1988

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

ARE

THEREOF (BY SOUND AND

1987 WITH THE SAME COMPARING THE PERIOD JANUARY TO NOVEMBER

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

36 OR

PER MILLION

CENT); ELECTRICAL FOR TEXTILES (BY $13,884 MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS

MILLION OR 48 PER

TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENT): $10,184 RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY OR 58 PER CENT); AS WELL AS MISCELLANEOUS MANUAFACTURED $6,006 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT).

$7,199 MILLION ARTICLES (BY

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN COFFEE, TEA, COCOA, SPICES, WELL AS AND MANUFACTURES THEREOF (BY $93 MILLION OR 8 PER CENT); AS CEREALS AND CERRAL PREPARATIONS (BY $69 MILLION OR 4 PER CENT).

TABLE 4 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY

DIVISION.

MAJOR COMMODITY

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

MARKETS

ARE

PERIOD REGISTERED MISCELLANEOUS 74 PER CENT);

MANUFACTURED

COMPARING THE PERIOD JANUARY TO NOVEMBER

IN RE-EXPORTS IN 1986, INCREASES

MILLION (BY $7.662 FOR TEXTILES

ARTICLES (BY

OR $6,932

AND

1987 WITH THE SAME IN VALUE TERMS WERE 43 PER CENT);

MILLION APPLIANCES

OR

AND

CENT) AS WELL AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS

APPARATUS MACHINERY, ELECTRICAL ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $5,638 MILLION OR 66 PER AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND EQUIPMENT (BY $4,884 MILLION OR 83 PER CENT).

EQUIPMENT OTHER HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TRANSPORT

OR 48 PER CENT); AS WELL AS THAN ROAD VEHICLES (BY $322 MILLION COFFEE, TEA, COCOA, SPICES, AND MANUFACTURES THEREOF (BY $240 OR 28 PER CENT).

MILLION

6 COMMODITY DIVISION.

TABLE

ILLUSTRATES

THE CHANGES

IN RE-EXPORTS

BY

MAJOR

DETAILED STATISTICS ON TRADE VALUE BY COMMODITY AND BY ARE AVAILABLE IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.

COUNTRY

THE "HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS THE NOVEMBER 1987 ISSUE OF SUMMARY" WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AROUND JANUARY 20, GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $5.50 PER COPY.

1988, AT THE

TRADE" WITH A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, "HONG KONG EXTERNAL

AND RE-EXPORTS IN NOVEMBER A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF IMPORTS, EXPORTS 1987 WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY FEBRUARY 1988 AT $15 PER COPY.

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MAY BE DIRECTED TO

THE

SUBSCRIPTIONS

SERVICES

ΤΟ

REPORTS THESE

AT DEPARTMENT

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INFORMATION MISSION BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG (TEL. ENQUIRIES ON TRADE STATISTICS TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS (TEL. NO. 5-8234915).

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