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FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1989

8

U.S.A.

AND

IN

AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS TO THE TOP TWO MARKETS, THE TAIWAN, ALSO INCREASED BY 32 PER CENT AND 37 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY VALUE. HOWEVER, A DECLINE OF 1

WAS RECORDED IN AIRBORNE

RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA.

PER CENT

VALUE ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, MORE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THE OF AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR

MACHINERY, ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRICAL PARTS APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES

THEREOF (BY $5,119 $1.752 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT); NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY MILLION OR 60 PER CENT): CLOTHING (BY $1,018 MILLION OR 24 PER AND PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $1,003 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT).

CENT);

GOODS,

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $ (BY 75 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT); MEDICINAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS

MILLION OR $45 MILLION OR 7 PER CENT); AND ORGANIC CHEMICALS (BY $19 14 PER CENT).

ANALYSED BY COUNTRY WITHIN COMMODITY, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES

FOR AIRBORNE WERE REGISTERED

RE-EXPORTS OF

MACHINERY, ELECTRICAL

TAIWAN (BY APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF TO $1,258 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT) AND TO THE U.S.A. (BY $939

MANUFACTURES TO THE U.S.A. 70 PER CENT); NON-METALLIC MINERAL $522 MILLION OR 70 PER CENT) AND TO JAPAN (BY $465 MILLION OR

$350 MILLION OR 127 PER CENT); CLOTHING TO JAPAN (BY

CENT); PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS TO JAPAN (BY $316 MILLION OR 60 PER CENT).

WERE RECORDED

IN

MILLION OR

(BY

72

PER

AND

AND

TO

HOWEVER, DECREASES

METALS NON-FERROUS CHINA (BY $22 MILLION OR 69 PER CENT) AND TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF PHARMACEUTICAL GERMANY (BY $20 MILLION OR 92 PER CENT); MEDICINAL AND PRODUCTS TO JAPAN (BY

69 PER CENT); AND ORGANIC CHEMICALS TO JAPAN (BY $12 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT).

$46 MILLION OR

FURTHER DETAILS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE,

PUBLICATIONS CENTRE

DECEMBER 1988" NOW AVAILABLE AT GOVERNMENT $17.50 PER COPY. ENQUIRIES MAY BE DIRECTED TO STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AT TEL. NO.: 5-8234915.

THE CENSUS

AT

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