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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1990

ANALYSED BY COMMODITY BY COUNTRY, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR THE VALUE OF AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF TO TAIWAN (BY $776 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT) AND TO SINGAPORE (BY $391 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT); NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES TO JAPAN (BY $407 MILLION OR 66 PER CENT) AND TO THAILAND (BY $337 MILLION OR 97 PER CENT); CLOTHING TO THE U.S.A. (BY $315 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT); AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT ΤΟ THE NETHERLANDS (BY $137 MILLION OR 442 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS ΤΟ KUWAIT (BY $182 MILLION OR 96 PER CENT) AND TO JAPAN (BY $59 MILLION OR 9 PER CENT); CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS TO JAPAN (BY MILLION OR 71 PER CENT); AND GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY EQUIPMENT AND MACHINE PARTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (BY $25 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT).

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FURTHER DETAILS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE 'HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE, JUNE 1990" NOW AVAILABLE AT $27 PER COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE. ENQUIRIES MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL 823 4915.

TABLE 1: AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR MARKETS

MAJOR MARKET

JAN-JUN 1990 (HKD MN.}

JAN-JUN 1989 (HKD MN.}

INCREASE/ DECREASE (HKD MN. }

PERCENTAGE CHANGE ( % )

U.S.A.

10,902

11,738

836

JAPAN

3,009

3,228

219

7

F.R. OF GERMANY

2,727

2,664

62

+

2

SINGAPORE

1.725

1,260

+

465

+

37

U.K.

1,405

1,746

341

20

TAIWAN

1,105

732

373

51

SWITZERLAND

760

803

43

5

FRANCE

751

703

49

7

CANADA

742

866

124

14

NETHERLANDS

693

735

42

6

/TABLE 2