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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1988

LESS

TEXTLLES

DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING INCREASED BY $217 MILLION OR THAN 0.5 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS. DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN

OR 3 (BY $426 MILLION

PER CENT); AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $286 MILLION OR 1 PER CENT).

TABLE 2 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC COMMODITY DIVISION.

EXPORTS BY MAJOR

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

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TEN MAJOR SUPPLIERS

COMPARING JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1988 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1987,

REGISTERED FOR MORE NOTABLE INCREASES IN IMPORTS IN VALUE TERMS WERE

AND ELECTRICAL PARTS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES

RESINS ARTIFICIAL THEREOF (BY $14,086 MILLION OR 50 PER

AND MILLION PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $8,450 OR 98 PER CENT);

AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING (BY $8,284 REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT

MILLION OR 47 PER MILLION OR CENT); AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $6,070 35 PER CENT).

PER CENT IMPORTS OF TEXTILES INCREASED BY $3,338 MILLION OR 7

HIDES, SKINS IN VALUE TERMS. HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN RAW

PER CENT); AND OIL SEEDS AND AND FURSKINS (BY $326 MILLION OR 15 OLEAGINOUS FRUIT (BY $89 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 MARKETS SHOWN IN TABLE 5.

ARK

COMPARING JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1988 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1987, TERMS WERE REGISTERED MORE NOTABLE INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS IN VALUE

APPARATUS AND FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,

APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL OR MILLION

81 PER CENT): MISCELLANEOUS PARTS THEREOF (BY $10,288

$8,521 MILLION OR 58 MANUFACTURED TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING EQUIPMENT (BY $5,805 MILLION OR 62 PER CENT); AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE MILLION OR 189 PER CENT).

ARTICLES

(BY

PER CENT); APPARATUS AND AND ARTIFICIAL RESINS ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $5,160

OR 19 PER RECORDED IN OIL SEEDS CENT); AND PROCESSED OR VEGETABLE

RE-EXPORTS OF TEXTILES INCREASED BY $4,448 MILLION CENT IN VALUE TERMS. HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE AND OLEAGINOUS FRUIT (BY $98 MILLION OR 27 PER ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS AND FATS, AND WAXES OF ANIMAL ORIGIN (BY $1 MILLION OR 8 PER CENT).

TABLE

6

ILLUSTRATES

COMMODITY DIVISION.

THE

CHANGES IN

RE-EXPORTS

BY

MAJOR

/DETAILED STATISTICS