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DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING DECREASED BY $205 MILLION OR 2 PEN IN MISCELLANEOUS IN VALUE TERMS, A DECREASE WAS ALSO RECORDED MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $238 MILLION OR 2 PER CENT).

CENT

TARLE 2 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS COMMODITY DIVISION.

BY MAJOR

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

ARE

IN

COMPARING THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 1989 WITH THE SAME PERIOD 1988, MORE NOTABLE INCREASES IN IMPORTS IN VALUE TERMS WERE REGISTERED

AND APPLIANCES

ELECTRICAL FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND

TELECOMMUNICATIONS PARTS THEREOF (BY $2,478 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT); AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2,159

32 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT); AND CLOTHING (BY $1,329 MILLION OR CENT).

IMPORTS OF TEXTILES INCREASED BY $2,024 MILLION OR 28 PER IN VALUE TERMS.

PER

CENT

HIDES,

SKINS

AND VEGETABLE OILS

HOWEVER,

DECREASES

WERE

RAW

RECORDED IN FURSKINS (BY $218 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT); AND FIXED AND FATS (BY $54 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT).

TABLE 4 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY MAJOR

COMMODITY

DIVISION.

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

1988, MORE NOTABLE INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY ELECTRICAL

ARE

IN COMPARING THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 1989 WITH THE SAME PERIOD

IN VALUE TERMS WERE

AND APPARATUS

APPLIANCES AND 54 PER CENT); MILLION OR $1.814 THEREOF (BY

AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS

$1,220 EQUIPMENT (BY $1,538 MILLION OR 73 PER CENT); AND CLOTHING (BY MILLION OR 31 PER CENT).

PARTS

CENT.

RE-EXPORTS OF TEXTILES INCREASED BY $1,260 MILLION OR

30 PER

HOWEVER,

MATERIALS (BY PYRYTRO HINTE

$107 PRODUCTS

DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN CRUDE ANIMAL AND

CENT): AND OR 15 PER MILLION (BY *GG MILLION OR 47 PER CENT).

VEGETABLE

EXPLOSIVES

TAPLE

6

ILLUSTRATES

THF CHANGES

IN

RE-EXPORTS

RY MAJOR

J PROPITY DIVISION.

COUNTRY

APRIL CONNAUGHT

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