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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1988

COMPARING JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1988 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1987, MORE NOTABLE INCREASES IN IMPORTS IN VALUE TERMS WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $12,443 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT); ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSK ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $7,959 MILLION OR 105 PER CENT); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $6,863 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT); AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $5,294 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT).

IMPORTS OF TEXTILES INCREASED BY $3,185 MILLION OR 8 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS. HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN RAW HIDES, SKINS AND FURSKINS (BY $402 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT); AND OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUIT (BY $87 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT).

TABLE 4 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY

DIVISION.

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

PARTS

COMPARING JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1988 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN

NOTABLE INCREASES 1987, MORE

IN RE-EXPORTS IN VALUE TERMS WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL

THEREOF (BY $9,032 MILLION OR 82 PER CENT); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $7,426 MILLION OR 59 PER CENT); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $4,858 MILLION OR 59 PER CENT); AND ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $4,807 MILLION OR 205 PER CENT).

RE-EXPORTS OF TEXTILES INCREASED BY $3,811 MILLION CENT IN VALUE TERMS.

AND

SEEDS HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN OIL FRUIT (BY $93 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT); AND PROCESSED VEGETABLE OILS AND FATS, AND WAXES OF ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE $1 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT).

OR 19 PER

OLEAGINOUS

ANIMAL AND ORIGIN (BY

TABLE 6 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION.

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

THE SEPTEMBER 1988 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS SUMMARY" WILL BE ON SALE AROUND NOVEMBER 15, 1988, AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $9.50 PER COPY.

A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, "HONG KONG EXTERNAL

EXPORTS AND DETAILED ANALYSES ON IMPORTS,

RE-EXPORTS 1988 WILL BE AVAILABLE IN END-NOVEMBER 1988 AT $17.50 PER

TRADE", WITH IN SEPTEMBER

COPY.

ENQUIRIES REGARDING

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