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THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1988

JANUARY

1988 WITH

JANUARY

COMPARING RE-EXPORTS IN VALUE TERMS WERE REGISTERED

INCREASES

IN

$792

$680

1987, FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,

AND

PARTS ELECTRICAL

THEREOF

(BY APPLIANCES APPARATUS AND MILLION OR 86 PER CENT); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY

OR 36 PER CENT) MILLION OR 70 PER CENT); CLOTHING (BY $576 MILLION AND TEXTILES (BY $507 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN BEVERAGES

OR 17 PER CENT); AS $7 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT).

WELL AS

OIL

SEEDS AND

(BY OLEAGINOUS

$8 MILLION

FRUIT

(BY

THE ILLUSTRATES

CHANGES

IN

RE-EXPORTS

BY MAJOR

TABLE 6

COMMODITY DIVISION.

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

COUNTRY

THE JANUARY 1988 ISSUE

HONG KONG TRADE

AROUND MARCH AVAILABLE WILL BE SUMMARY" GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION CENTRE AT $9.50 PER COPY.

OF THE FOR SALE

20,

STATISTICS

AT

THE

I

IN

TRADE" WITH JANUARY

A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, "HONG KONG EXTERNAL

EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF IMPORTS, 1988 WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY APRIL AT $17.50 PER COPY.

MAY FRENCH MISSION

ON

DEPARTMENT

ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS BE DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG (TEL. 5-8428802) AND ENQUIRIES TRADE STATISTICS (TEL. 5-8234915).

TO

THE

CENSUS AND

STATISTICS

TABLE 1: DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY 10 MAJOR MARKETS

MAJOR MARKET

JANUARY

1988

(HKD MN.}

JANUARY

1987 (HKD MN.)

INCREASE

PERCENTAGE INCREASE

(HKD MN.}

(%)

U.S.A.

5,595

5,313

283

5

CHINA

2.479

1,726

753

44

F.R. OF GERMANY

1,554

1,202

352

29

U.K.

1,057

891

166

19

JAPAN

749

649

101

16

CANADA

513

458

56

12

NETHERLANDS

376

341

34

10

SINGAPORE

360

247

114

46

FRANCE

339

257

82

32

AUSTRALIA

305

265

40

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