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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1990

FOR

AND

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED

NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $816 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT); AND FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, PREPARATIONS THEREOF (BY $513 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT).

JAPAN REMAINED THE SECOND LARGEST SOURCE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS IN 1989. COMPARED WITH 1988, THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF $1,284 MILLION OR 3 PER CENT IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATING IN JAPAN.

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILES (BY $584 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT); PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS; WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $352 MILLION PER CENT); AND ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $181 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT).

A DECREASE WAS RECORDED FOR ROAD VEHICLES, CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $790 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT).

AND OR 8 CELLULOSE

INCLUDING AIR

RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATING IN TAIWAN INCREASED BY $5,753 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS IN 1989, PARTICULARLY THOSE OF TEXTILES (BY $1,700 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT); AND LEATHER, LEATHER MANUFACTURES AND DRESSED FURSKINS (BY $598 MILLION OR 97 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS RECORDED FOR ROAD VEHICLES, AIR CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $72 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT).

INCLUDING

$3,172 MILLION

RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATING IN THE USA INCREASED BY OR 17 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS. COMMODITIES WITH SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL

PER PARTS THEREOF (BY $1,238 MILLION OR 30

CENT); AND TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $832 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT).

RES INS

RECORDED HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS

FOR ARTIFICIAL

AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $929 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT).

RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATING IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA DECREASED BY $1,773 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT IN VALUE, PARTICULARLY THOSE OF

AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES

ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $975 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT); AND GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, AND MACHINE PARTS (BY $734 MILLION OR 65 CENT).

PER

HOWEVER, AN INCREASE WAS RECORDED MILLION OR 13 PER CENT).

FOR TEXTILES (BY $445

FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING THE ABOVE RE-EXPORT STATISTICS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE, DECEMBER 1989" NOW AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AT $17.50 PER COPY.

ENQUIRIES MAY BE DIRECTED то THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 823 4915.

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