XN000022-1989-04-17 — Page 4

MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1989

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ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $9,380 MILLION OR 65 PER CENT); CLOTHING (BY $6,328 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT); AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT BY $5,269 MILLION OR 114 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN PETROLEUM. PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $173 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT); OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUIT (BY $100 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT).

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JAPAN REMAINED THE SECOND LARGEST SOURCE OF HONG KONG'S RE- EXPORTS IN 1988. COMPARED WITH 1987, THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF $13,115 MILLION он 53 IER CENT IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATING IN JAPAN.

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $2,651 MILLION OR 61 PER CENT); ROAD VEHICLES, INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $1,715 MILLION OR 136 PER CENT); AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1,676 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT).

A DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $62 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT).

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RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATING IN TAIWAN INCREASED BY $8,527 MILLION OR PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS IN 1988, PARTICULARLY THOSE OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF $1,484 MILLION OR 113 PER CENT); AND TEXTILES (BY $1,465 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT).

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HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $101 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT).

RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATING IN THE U.S.A. INCREASED BY $5,567 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS.

COMMODITIES WITH SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1,414 MILLION OR 53 PER CENT); AND ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $1,390 MILLION OR 159 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS $98 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT).

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RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATING IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA INCREASED $6,862 MILLION OR 111 PER CENT IN VALUE, PARTICULARLY THOSE ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1,980 MILLION OR 141 PER CENT); AND TEXTILES (BY MILLION OR 59 PER CENT).

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