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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1992

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR CLOTHING (-12%); PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-16%); AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (-22%).

IMPORTS BY AIR FROM THE 10 MAJOR

SUPPLIERS ARE PRESENTED IN

TABLE 3.

IMPORTS BY AIR FROM MOST MAJOR SUPPLIERS INCREASED IN VALUE IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1992 OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1991.

SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS BY AIR FROM SINGAPORE (+38%), GERMANY (+29%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+29%), TAIWAN (+28%), ITALY (+24%) AND MALAYSIA (+19%).

IMPORTS BY AIR FROM SWITZERLAND, JAPAN AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA ALSO INCREASED, BY 12%, 10% AND 10% RESPECTIVELY.

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS BY AIR FROM THE U.S. SHOWED A SLIGHT DECREASE OF 1%.

IMPORTS BY AIR IN RESPECT OF THE 10 MAJOR COMMODITY ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 4.

DIVISIONS

FOR

AND

ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, NOTABLE INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IMPORTS BY AIR OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (+17%); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES (+42%); AND NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (+17%).

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS BY AIR OF TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN ROAD VEHICLES (-82%); TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (-70%); AND MISCELLANEOUS EDIBLE PRODUCTS AND PREPARATIONS (-5%).

RE-EXPORTS BY AIR TO THE 10 MAJOR COUNTRIES OF DESTINATION SHOWN IN TABLE 5.

ARE

HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS BY AIR TO MOST MAJOR COUNTRIES OF DESTINATION INCREASED IN VALUE IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1992 OVER THE

PERIOD IN 1991.

SAME

NOTABLE INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR RE-EXPORTS BY AIR ΤΟ THE UNITED KINGDOM (+64%), ITALY (+46%), THE U.S. (+43%), CHINA (+30%), JAPAN (+18%) AND SINGAPORE (+14%).

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS BY AIR TO THAILAND AND GERMANY DECREASED BY 32% AND 6% RESPECTIVELY.

RE-EXPORTS BY AIR IN RESPECT OF THE 10 MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 6.

/ANALYSED BY