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ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $3,631 MILLION OR

35%); PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $3,125 MILLION OR 44%); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $761 MILLION OR 15%); AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY JEWELLERY, GOLDSMITHS' AND SILVERSMITHS' WARES, AND OTHER PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS MATERIALS (BY $654 MILLION OR 14%).

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HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1,712 MILLION OR 11%); NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $531 MILLION OR 6%); AND FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSES, AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF (BY $192 MILLION OR 31%).

ANALYSED BY COMMODITY BY COUNTRY, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR THE VALUE OF AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS OF CLOTHING то THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (BY $941 MILLION OR 49%) AND TO USA (BY $731 MILLION OR 15%); PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS TO USA (BY $745 MILLION OR 67%) AND TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (BY $299 MILLION OR 67%); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT TO SINGAPORE (BY $300 MILLION OR 41%); AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY JEWELLERY, GOLDSMITHS' AND SILVERSMITHS' WARES, AND OTHER PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS MATERIALS TO USA (BY $236 MILLION OR : 18%).

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF TO SINGAPORE (BY $1,571 MILLION OR 63%) AND TO TAIWAN (BY $1,147 MILLION OR 20%); NON- METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES TO JAPAN (BY $305 MILLION OR 15%) AND FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSES, AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF TO TAIWAN (BY $162 MILLION OR 39%).

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TABLE 1: AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR MARKETS

MAJOR MARKET

1991

1990

INCREASE/

DECREASE

(HK$ MN.) (HK$ MN. }

(HK$ MN.)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE (%)

USA

25,166

25,701

535

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F.R. OF GERMANY

7,414

6,969

445

JAPAN

6,902

6,945

43

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SINGAPORE

5,790

1,302

+ 1,488

+ 35

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