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THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1988

INCREASES WERE APPARATUS

ANALYSED BY COUNTRY WITHIN COMMODITY, REGISTERED FOR AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF

TO TAIWAN (BY $1,343

MILLION

13 OR 108

PER

MILLION OR 69 PER CENT) AND THE U.S.A. (BY $531 CENT); CLOTHING TO THE U.S.A. (BY $311 MILLION OR THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (BY $159 MILLION OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT TO $428 MILLION OR 59 PER CENT); AND PHOTOGRAPHIC AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS TO THE $176 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE

APPARATUS,

OR 65 PER CENT) AND PER CENT);

CHINA (BY EQUIPMENT U.S.A. (BY

AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS OF THE U.S.A. (BY $36 OR 99 PER CENT); MILLION OR 27 PER PHILIPPINES (BY $3

RECORDED IN POWER GENERATING MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT TO MILLION OR 43 PER CENT) AND IRAN (BY $19 MILLION METALWORKING MACHINERY TO MALAYSIA WEST (BY $6 CENT); AND TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES то MILLION OR 49 PER CENT).

REPORT THE

FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE, DECEMBER 1987" WHICH IS NOW ON SALE AT GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $15 PER COPY.

ENQUIRIES MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE CENSUS DEPARTMENT ON 5-8234915.

AND

STATISTICS

:

TABLE 1: AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO 10 MAJOR MARKETS

MAJOR MARKET

JAN-DEC 1987 (HKD MN.)

JAN-DEC 1986 (HKD MN. }

INCREASE

(HKD MN.)

PERCENTAGE INCREASE

(X)

U.S.A.

25, 174

21,624

+3,550

+ 16

JAPAN

5,725

3,623

1

+2, 101

+ 58

F.R. OF GERMANY

4,865

3,723

+1,142

+ 31

U.K.

2.783

2,148

+

636

+ 30

CANADA

1,536

1,335

+

202

+ 15

SINGAPORE

1.440

945

495

+ 52

SWITZERLAND

1.388

946

442

+ 47

NETHERLANDS

1.238

966

+

272

+ 28

FRANCE

1,207

1,021

186

+ 18

ITALY

795

569

+

226

+ 40

/TABLE 2:

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