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MONDAY, APRIL 17. 1989

ANALYSIS OF 1988 RE-EXPORT TRADE

HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS AMOUNTED TO $275,405 MILLION IN 1988. A GROWTH OF

51 PER CENT IN VALUE AS COMPARED WITH 1987, ACCORDING TO THE SUMMARY STATISTICS ON HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS IN 1988 ANALYSED BY MARKET AND BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

BY (MONDAY) CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

RELEASED

TODAY

THE

RE-EXPORTS BY MARKET

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO 10 MAJOR MARKETS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 1.

KONG'S

OF

TAIWAN

CENT

CHINA AND THE U.S.A.. THE TWO LARGEST MARKETS FOR HONG RE-EXPORTS, ACCOUNTED FOR 34 PER CENT AND 18 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY TOTAL VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS IN 1988. THE SHARES OF JAPAN, AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA WERE 6 PER CENT, 5 PER CENT AND 4 PER RESPECTIVELY.

THE

COMPARING 1988 WITH 1987, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO ALL MARKETS INCREASED, WITH THE MORE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES JAPAN (+78 PER CENT), CHINA +58 PER CENT), THE FEDERAL GERMANY (+56 PER CENT), AUSTRALIA (+53 PER CENT), THE U.S.A. (+52 CENT) AND THE UNITED KINGDOM (+50 PER CENT).

MAJOR RECORDED IN REPUBLIC OF

PER

RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN, SINGAPORE AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA INCREASED, BY 46 PER CENT, 34 PER CENT AND 31 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

ALSO

RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA, THE LARGEST MARKET, INCREASED BY $34,725 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT IN 1988 AS COMPARED WITH 1987.

RESINS

ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED ARTIFICIAL

AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS ETHERS (BY $5,183 MILLION OR 180 PER CENT); ELECTRICAL APPARATUS AND

THEREOF APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS MILLION OR 96 PER CENT AND TEXTILES (BY $3,586 MILLION OR CENT).

IN

AND

(BY

MACHINERY, $4,290 24 PER

MISCELLANEOUS

HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN PRODUCTS AND PREPARATIONS (BY $31 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT).

EDIBLE

WITH COMMODITIES

HONG

TO THE U.S.A.. RE-EXPORTS

FOR THE SECOND LARGEST MARKET KONG'S RE-EXPORTS, INCREASED BY $17,028 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT.

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES,

AND

SPORTING

PER CENT); GOODS (BY $4,547 MILLION OR 52 MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF

AND $3,171 MILLION OR 127 PER CENT); AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2,180 OR 107 PER CENT).

TOYS, GAMES ELECTRICAL

(BY SOUND MILLION

/HOWEVER, A