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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1990

COMPARING THE YEAR 1989 WITH THE YEAR 1988, INCREASES IN OF IMPORTS WERE RECORDED IN ALL MAJOR COMMODITY NOTABLE ONES WERE CLOTHING TEXTILES MANUFACTURED

(BY

(BY $9,485 MILLION

MILLION $12,440

15 PER

VALUE DIVISIONS. THE MORE

OR 39 PER CENT);

OR

MISCELLANEOUS CENT);

PER CENT) ARTICLES

OR 31 (BY $8,784 TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING EQUIPMENT (BY $6,695 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE

MILLION

FOR RECORDED

APPARATUS

AND

AND

ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND MILLION

PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $2,174 OR 11 PER CENT) AND ROAD VEHICLES (BY $1,714 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT).

ILLUSTRATES

TABLE 4 COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

THE CHANGES IN

IMPORTS

OF THE MAJOR

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

MARKETS ARE

NOTABLE INCREASES COMPARING THE YEAR 1989 WITH THE YEAR 1988,

MANUFACTURED IN VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR MISCELLANEOUS

CENT); CLOTHING (BY $12,

$12,584 ARTICLES (BY $14,035 MILLION OR 50 PER

(BY

24 $8,154 TEXTILES

PER MILLION OR MILLION OR 51 PER CENT) AND

AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $7,694 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT).

CENT); TELECOMMUNICATIONS

FOR RECORDED

ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $1,209 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT) AND ROAD VEHICLES (BY $722 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT).

TABLE 6 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

IN RE-EXPORTS OF THE MAJOR

COUNTRY

AROUND FLOOR, GPO

DETAILED STATISTICS ON TRADE VALUE BY COMMODITY AND BY ARE PUBLISHED IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS. THE DECEMBER 1989 ISSUE OF

WILL SUMMARY"

BE ON SALE STATISTICS THE "HONG KONG TRADE FEBRUARY 15 AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AT $9.50 PER COPY.

TRADE" WITH

A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, "HONG KONG EXTERNAL DETAILED ANALYSIS ON IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN DECEMBER WILL BE AVAILABLE AROUND FEBRUARY 20 AT $17.50 PER COPY.

1989

REPORTS MAY FRENCH MISSION ENQUIRIES DEPARTMENT

ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THESE BE DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG (TEL. NO.: 8428802) AND

ΤΟ STATISTICS ON TRADE

THE CENSUS AND (TEL. NO.: 8234915).

STATISTICS

TABLE 1