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THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1989

THE SAME PERIOD IN VALUE TERMS WERE AND APPLIANCES AND

COMPARING JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1988 WITH 1987, MORE NOTABLE INCREASES IN IMPORTS IN REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $16,078 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $9,733 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT); ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $8,900 MILLION

ARTICLES (BY OR 91 PER CENT); AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED MILLION OR 36 PER CENT).

$6,878

PER CENT

SKINS

IMPORTS OF TEXTILES INCREASED BY $4,642 MILLION OR 9 IN VALUE TERMS. HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN RAW HIDES, AND FURSKINS (BY $294 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT); AND PETROLEUM,

OR MILLION

3 PER PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $208 CENT).

TABLE 4 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY

DIVISION.

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

PARTS

MARKETS ARE

WITH THE COMPARING JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1988

SAME PERIOD IN INCREASES NOTABLE 1987, MORE

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

THEREOF (BY $11,540 MILLION

(BY $9,594 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CENT); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND

$6,789 MILLION OR 63 PER APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY CLOTHING (BY $5,501 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT).

PER OR 81

CENT); MILLION OR 59 PER REPRODUCING CENT); AND

IN

OR 21 PER SEEDS OIL

RE-EXPORTS OF TEXTILES INCREASED BY $5,396 MILLION CENT IN VALUE TERMS. HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS RECORDED AND OLEAGINOUS FRUIT (BY $106 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT).

TABLE 6

THE ILLUSTRATES

CHANGES

IN RE-EXPORTS BY

MAJOR

COMMODITY DIVISION.

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