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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1994

DECREASES WERE FOR OFFICE

OF

DATA (BY $667

HOWEVER,

IN VALUE SIGNIFICANT

RECORDED

DOMESTIC

MACHINES BY AIR

AND AUTOMATIC EXPORTS PROCESSING MACHINES (BY $1.0 BILLION OR 17%); AND CLOTHING MILLION OR 8.6%).

BY

THE FIRST PRINCIPAL

CHANGES IN VALUE OF EXTERNAL TRADE BY LAND BETWEEN

1993 ANALYSED AND OF 1994 HALF

THE SAME PERIOD IN COMMODITY DIVISION ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 6.

1993,

LAND FOR

COMPARING THE FIRST HALF OF 1994 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN VALUE OF IMPORTS BY TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $5.3 BILLION OR 36%); FOOTWEAR (BY $3.2 BILLION OR 22%); MAINLY OF BABY MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $3.1 BILLION AND CLOTHING (BY $1.6 BILLION OR 5.3%).

OR 15%);

FOR RE-

AND (BY $2.8 37%);

AS REGARDS EXPORTS BY LAND, INCREASES WERE RECORDED EXPORTS OF TEXTILES (BY $3.9 BILLION OR 20%); TELECOMMUNICATIONS SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT BILLION OR 72%); PLASTICS IN PRIMARY FORMS (BY $2.1 BILLION OR AND DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING (BY $324 MILLION OR 23%).

BY DETAILED STATISTICS OF HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE ANALYSED

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