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SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 1989

1988,

FOR

AND

COMPARING JANUARY TO APRIL 1989 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN

OF

WERE REGISTERED IMPORTS IN VALUE NOTABLE INCREASES TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT (BY $4,483 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT);

THEREOF (BY $4,299 AND

AND ELECTRICAL PARTS APPARATUS

APPLIANCES

38 PER MILLION OR 30 PER CENT); AND CLOTHING (BY 83,260 MILLION OR CENT).

IMPORTS OF TEXTILES INCREASED BY $4,342 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT. HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR RAW HIDES, SKINS AND FURSKINS (BY THAN ROAD $81

MILLION OR 8 PER CENT); AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OTHER VEHICLES (BY $65 MILLION OR 8 PER CENT).

TABLE

4 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY MAJOR

COMMODITY

DIVISION.

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

ARE

1988, COMPARING JANUARY TO APRIL 1989 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN

REGISTERED FOR WERE OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASES

VALUE IN NOTABLE

ELECTRICAL PARTS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND THEREOF (BY $3,368 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT): MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND ARTICLES (BY 3,138 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT);

EQUIPMENT (BY 3.135 SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND

43 PER MILLION OR 69 PER CENT); AND CLOTHING (BY $2,988 MILLION OR CENT).

29 PER RE-EXPORTS OF TEXTILES INCREASED BY $2,787 MILLION OR CENT. HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS (BY $73 MILLION OR 5 PER CENT); AND RAW HIDES, FURSKINS (BY 346 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT).

SKINS AND

6 TABLE

ILLUSTRATES

COMMODITY DIVISION.

THE CHANGES

IN

RE-EXPORTS

BY

MAJOR

DETAILED STATISTICS ON TRADE VALUE BY COMMODITY AND BY ARB PUBLISHED IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.

THE

APRIL 1989 ISSUE

OF THE SUMMARY" WILL BE ON SALE AROUND JUNE PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $9.50 PER COPY,

COUNTRY

"HONG

KONG TRADE

STATISTICS 15, 1989, AT THE GOVERNMENT

WITH

A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE",

APRIL 1989 DETAILED ANALYSES ON IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN WILL BE AVAILABLE IN END-JUNE 1989 AT $17.50

BE

PER COPY.

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KONG (TEL.

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