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MONDAY, JULY 11, 1988

TABLE 2 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION.

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

COMPARING JANUARY TO MAY 1988 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1987, MORE NOTABLE INCREASES IN IMPORTS IN VALUR TERMS WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $5,599 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT); ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $4,282 MILLION OR 116 PER CENT); PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY #2,343 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT); AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2,304 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT).

IMPORTS OF TEXTILES INCREASED BY $1,550 MILLION OR 7 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS.

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TRANSPORT THAN ROAD VEHICLES (BY $195 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT); SKINS AND FURSKINS (BY $141 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT).

TABLE 4 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY

DIVISION.

EQUIPMENT OTHER AND RAW HIDES.

MAJOR COMMODITY

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

COMPARING JANUARY TO MAY 1988 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1987, MORE NOTABLE INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS IN VALUR TERMS WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $4,247 MILLION OR 77 PER CENT); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $3,057 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT); ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $2,519 MILLION OR 241 PER CENT); AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2,047 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT).

RE-EXPORTS OF TEXTILÉS INCREASED BY $1,998 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS.

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN OIL SREDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUIT (BY $73 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT); AND MISCELLANEOUS EDIBLE PRODUCTS AND PREPARATIONS (BY $5 MILLION OR 2 PER CENT).

TABLE 6 ILLUSTRATES

COMMODITY DIVISION.

THE CHANGES IN

RE-EXPORTS BY MAJOR

/DETAILED STATISTICS