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TUESDAY, EPTEMBER 5, 1989

KONG'S RE-

VALUE

CHINA CONTINUED TO BE THE LARGEST SOURCE OF HONG

A GROWTH OF 50 PER CENT IN EXPORTS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1989. OR $27.162 MILLION OVER THE FIRST HALF OF 1988 WAS RECORDED IN THE RE-

IN ORIGINATING EXPORTS

CHINA.

IN

ANALYSED BY COMMODITY. SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED

CARRIAGES. MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY

PER CENT): TOYS. GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $5.206 MILLION OR 59

AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS CLOTHING (BY $5.032 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT): AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $3,402 MILLION OR 94 PER CENT),

HOWEVER.

DECREASES WERE

RECORDED IN NON-FERROUS $570 MILLION OR 40 PER CENT): AND RAW HIDES, SKINS AND $89 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT).

METALS (BY FURSKINS (BY

KONG'S RE- HALF OF IN THE

JAPAN REMAINED THE SECOND LARGEST SOURCE OF HONG EXPORTS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1989. COMPARED WITH THE FIRST 1988. THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF $4.578 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT

VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATING IN JAPAN.

AND

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY. APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $937 MILLION

AND SOUND RECORDING OR 31 PER CENT): TELECOMMUNICATIONS REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $692 MILLION OR 32 PER AND PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS. EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $429 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT).

CENT): GOODS.

IN MEDICINAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL

FIBRES (OTHER

WERE RECORDED DECREASES PRODUCTS (BY $20 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT AND TEXTILE THAN WOOL TOPS AND THEIR WASTES (BY $13 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT).

RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATING IN TAIWAN INCREASED BY $4.690 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1989. PARTICULARLY THOSE OF TEXTILES APPARATUS (BY $896 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT): AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $768 MILLION OR 73 PER IN MISCELLANEOUS EDIBLE CENT). HOWEVER. A DECREASE WAS RECORDED PRODUCTS AND PREPARATIONS (BY $22 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT).

OR

AND

MILLION WERE TOBACCO 99 PER CENT): AND ELECTRICAL PARTS HOWEVER. A DECREASE WAS AND CELLULOSE

RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATING IN THE USA INCREASED BY $2.633 31 PER CENT. COMMODITIES WITH SIGNIFICANT INCREASES

(BY $769 MILLION OR MANUFACTURES TOBACCO ELECTRICAL MACHINERY. APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND THEREOF (BY $516 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT). RECORDED IN ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS. ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $422 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT).

INCREASED BY

RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATING IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA $781 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT. PARTICULARLY THOSE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $292 CENT). MILLION OR 92 PER CENT); AND TEXTILES (BY $91 MILLION OR 5 PER

MEDICINAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL A HOWEVER,

WAS RECORDED IN DECREASE PRODUCTS (BY $51 MILLION OR 67 PER CENT).

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