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FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1989

PER

MILLION AND

CENT)

THE MORE NOTABLE ONES WERE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY 36,297

PER OR 49

CENT); CLOTHING (BY 35,569 MILLION OR 42 ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PART'S THEREOF (BY $5,513 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT). IMPORTS OF TEXTILES INCREASED BY $6,672 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT.

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $825 MILLION OR MILLION OR PER CENT); AND RAW HIDES, SKINS AND FURSKINS (BY $135 10 PER CENT),

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TABLE 4 ILLUSTRATES THE COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

CHANGES IN IMPORTS

OF

THE MAJOR

THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS TO HỌNG KONG'S 10 MAJOR MARKETS SHOWN IN TABLE 5.

ARE

NOTABLE MISCELLANEOUS

CENT);

CLOTHING

COMPARING THE FIRST HALF OF 1989 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN

INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED

ARTICLES MANUFACTURED

OR (BY $5,383 MILLION (BY $5,232 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT) AND AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS EQUIPMENT (BY $4,693 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT). RE-EXPORTS OF INCREASED BY $4,773 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT.

1988,

FOR

49

PER

TEXTILES

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $390 MILLION OR MILLION OR 9 PER CENT); AND RAW HIDES, SKINS AND FURSKINS (BY $119 24 PER CENT).

ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS

OF THE MAJOR

6 TABLE COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

་་་

COUNTRY

AROUND

GPO

DETAILED STATISTICS ON TRADE VALUE BY COMMODITY AND BY ARE PUBLISHED IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS. THE JUNE 1989 ISSUE OF THE "MONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS SUMMARY" WILL BE ON SALE

JGUST 15

FLOOR, AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND

CENTRAL CONNAUGHT PLACE,

AT $9.50 PER BUILDING,

COPY.

WITH

A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE", DETAILED ANALYSES ON IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN JUNE 1989 WILL

IN AVAILABLE

1989 AT $17.50

BE

BE

END-AUGUST

PER

COPY.

ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THESE REPORTS DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT FRENCH

HONG

NO.: KONG (TEL.

MAY

1

MISSION

5-8428802)

AND

I BATTERY PATH, BUILDING, ENQUIRIES ON TRADE STATISTICS TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO.: 5-8234915).

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