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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1988

$383

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY MILLION OR 16 PER CENT); NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $26 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT); AND ORGANIC CHEMICALS (BY $14 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT).

ANALYSED BY COUNTRY WITHIN COMMODITY, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF TO TAIWAN (BY $667 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT) AND TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY $429 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT); NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES TO THE U.S. A. (BY $264 MILLION OR 87 PER CENT) AND TO BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG (BY $244 MILLION OR 116 PER CENT); PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS TO JAPAN (BY $128 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT); AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT TO TAIWAN (BY MILLION OR 394 PER CENT).

SOUND

$111

(BY

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING TO THE U.S.A. $642 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT) AND TO LIBYA (BY $17 MILLION OR 91 PER OR 44 CENT); NON-FERROUS METALS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM (BY $9 MILLION PER CENT); AND ORGANIC CHEMICALS TO JAPAN (BY $6

OR 55 PER

CENT).

MILLION

FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE, JUNE 1988" WHICH WILL BE ON SALE IN EARLY SEPTEMBER AT GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $17.50 PER COPY. ENQUIRIES MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AT TEL. NO.: 5-8234915.

TABLE 1: AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO TEN MAJOR MARKETS

MAJOR MARKET

JAN-JUN

1988

JAN-JUN

1987

INCREASE

(HKD MN.) (HKD MN.) (HKD MN.)

PRECENTAGE INCREASE

(%)

U.S.A.

11,019

10,394

+ 625

JAPAN

2,509

2,558

49

F.R. OF GERMANY

2,396

2,166

+ 230

+ 11

U.K.

1,595

1,134

+ 461

+ 41

SINGAPORE

1,086

569

+ 517

+ 91

SWITZERLAND

729

608

+ 122

+ 20

CANADA

714

610

+ 105'

+ 17

NETHERLANDS

639

588

+

51

FRANCE

629

546

+ 83

+ 15

TAIWAN

602

333

+ 269

+ 81

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