TNAG-1483-FCO40-2037-Economic-situation-in-Hong-Kong-1986 — Page 279

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NCESS ALEXANDRA PY THE TOP- RANKING, SEAGOING, WOMAN OFFICER IN THE MARINE POSIC WOMAN SERGEANT TAM NG MAN-NAR.

FOLLOWING THE COMMISSIONING CEREMONY, HER ROYAL stan 285 RETURNED TO VICTORIA HARBOUR ABOARD THE LADY MAUN., Amiel ESCORTED BY EIGHT POLICE LAUNCHES, IN FORMATION, 3P LYING MAT." CANNONS.

1985 RE-EXPORT FIGURES ANALYSED ****

HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS, VALUED AT $105 270 MILLION IN 1989, INCREASED BY 26 PER CENT AS COMPARED TO 1984, ACCORDING TÜ A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF RE-EXPORTS BY MARKET AND BY COUNTRY DE ORIGIN RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

RE-EXPORTS BY MAJOR MARKET

CHINA REMAINED THE LARGEST MARKET FOR HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS IN 1985, WITH AN INCREASED OF $17 959 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT OVER 1984. ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN TEXTILES (BY $3 107 MILLIÓN OR 48 PER CENT); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $2 130 MILLION OR 104 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2 028 MILLION OR 70 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR MANUFACTURED FERTILIZERS (BY $111 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $106 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT).

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RE-EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A.. THE SECOND LARGEST MARKET FOR HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS. ALSO INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY (BY $2 596 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT). LARGE INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $1 008 MILLION OR 42 PER CENT); CLOTHING (BY $826 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT AS WELL AS TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS (BY $437 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT).

NOTABLE DECREASES WERE, HOWEVER, RECORDED IN ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $171 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY #73 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT).

FOR RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN. WHILE INCREASES WERE NOTED IN NON-FERROUS METALS (BY 315 MILLION OR 264 PER CENT) AS WELL AS FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF (BY $124 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT), A DECREASE WAS RECORDED IP VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $67 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT).

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