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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1989

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DOMESTIC EXPORTS

RE-EXPORTS

TOTAL EXPORTS

221,422

200,895

20,527

10.2

297,658

199,164

98,494

49.5

519,080

400,059

119,021

29.8

IMPORTS

529,962

398,449

131.513 33.0

TRADE BALANCE

-10,882

1,610

-12,492

GOVT HELPS COMPANIES ACCUSED OF DUMPING

AND MORE THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IS DOING A VERY GREAT DEAL,

POSITIONS HAVE DONE TO DIRECTLY, THAN OTHER GOVERNMENTS IN SIMILAR

DEPUTY HELP COMPANIES AND SECTORS OF INDUSTRY ACCUSED OF DUMPING, THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE, MR STUART HARBINSON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

BY THE ADDRESSING

ORGANISED A CONFERENCE

ANTI-DUMPING ON

HONG KONG INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND THE FEDERATION OF

DONE BY THE GOVERNMENT ON INDUSTRIES, HE SAID MUCH MORE WAS BEING BEHALF OF LOCAL INDUSTRY THAN MIGHT BE APPARENT.

AND

KONG GOVERNMENT ARE "FIRST, THE OVERSEAS OFFICES OF THE HONG MAINTAINING A HIGH STATE OF VIGILANCE AND CHANNELLING INFORMATION INTELLIGENCE BACK,' HE SAID, NOTING THAT ANTI-DUMPING WAS BEING A VERY HIGH PRIORITY IN THESE EFFORTS,

"

GIVEN

FURTHERMORE, THE

TRADE

DEPARTMENT

WAS

IDENTIFYING

AFFECTED

COMPANIES AND HOLDING MEETINGS WITH THEM AS REGULARLY AS NECESSARY EXPLAIN PROCEDURES, KEEP THEM ABREAST OF THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS, OFFER ADVICE.

TO

AND

THE TRADE DEPARTMENT

HAD

ALSO

ASSEMBLED

A

DEDICATED

TEAM

WITHIN ITS EEC DIVISION TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM.

EMPLOYED

TWO

LEGAL EXPERT

IN

THE

MR HARBINSON POINTED OUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD

ONE A BRUSSELS-BASED SETS OF CONSULTANTS - DUMPING FIELD AND THE OTHER A TRADE POLICY ADVISER,

IS

HONG KONG COMPANIES, BOTH BENEFITTING "THEIR EXPERTISE

MORE EFFECTIVE AND THROUGH THROUGH MAKING THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS

MEETINGS ORGANISED THEIR ADVICE BEING CHANNELLED TO COMPANIES AT THE BY THE TRADE DEPARTMENT, HE ADDED.

"

REPRESENTATIONS WERE ALSO BEING MADE ON DIRECTLY TO THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, HE SAID.

BEHALF OF HONG KONG

/TRADE DEPARTMENT