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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1990

AN INCREASE OF

THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN RECORDED $1,962 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT. SIGNIFICANT INCREASES VALUE

IN

IN RE-EXPORT APPARATUS AND

34 PER OR 144

MACHINERY, ELECTRICAL REGISTERED WERE APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $898 MILLION OR CENT); AND TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $728 MILLION

CRUDE ANIMAL AND PER

A DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN CENT). HOWEVER, VEGETABLE MATERIALS (BY $166 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT).

THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY GREW SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN RE-EXPORT BY $2,938 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT.

AND VALUE WERE RECORDED IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING

OR 148 PER REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1,122 MILLION

CENT). A NOTABLE AND CENT);

(BY $823 MILLION OR 63 PER CLOTHING

$216 DECREASE WAS REGISTERED FOR TEXTILE FIBRES AND THEIR WASTES (BY MILLION OR 94 PER CENT).

RE-EXPORTS BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS FROM 10 MAJOR OF ORIGIN ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 2.

COUNTRIES

GOODS FROM CHINA, JAPAN, TAIWAN, THE U.S.A. AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA CONTRIBUTED 56 PER CENT, 10 PER CENT, 8 PER CENT, 7 PER CENT AND 3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS THROUGH KONG IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1990.

IN

RE-EXPORT

HONG

KONG'S RE- CHINA CONTINUED TO BE THE LARGEST SOURCE OF HONG

VALUE A GROWTH OF 25 PER CENT IN EXPORTS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1990. OR $20,405 MILLION OVER THE FIRST HALF OF 1989 WAS RECORDED IN THE RE- ORIGINATING IN CHINA, AMONG GOODS CHINA. ORIGINATING EXPORTS

WERE RECORDED IN VALUE IN INCREASES SIGNIFICANT MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, CENT); TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $5,462 MILLION OR 39 PER

AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS CLOTHING (BY $4,552 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT); AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $3,501 WERE OR 50 PER CENT). HOWEVER, MILLION

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN RE-EXPORT VALUE RECORDED IN TEXTILE FIBRES AND THEIR WASTES (BY $1,168 MILLION OR PER CENT); AND METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $414 MILLION 71 PER CENT).

MACHINERY,

56

OR

KONG'S RE-

JAPAN REMAINED THE SECOND LARGEST SOURCE OF HONG

HALF OF COMPARED WITH THE FIRST EXPORTS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1990.

CENT IN THE 1989, THERE WAS A DECREASE OF $1,133 MILLION OR 6 PER

DECREASES IN RE-EXPORT VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATING IN JAPAN.

APPARATUS AND IN ELECTRICAL VALUE WERE REGISTERED

PER APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $555 MILLION OR 14

(BY $344 CENT); AND MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES

INCREASES IN RE-EXPORT MILLION OR 24 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND,

MANUFACTURES (BY $241 IN TOBACCO AND TOBACCO

AND AUTOMATIC DATA MACHINES OFFICE CENT): OR 174 PER

PER CENT); AND $189 (BY

MILLION OR 17 EQUIPMENT

INCLUDING MAINLY BABY 1 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $139 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT).

VALUE WERE MILLION

PROCESSING

RECORDED

CARRIAGES,

/RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATING