TNAG-1483-FCO40-2037-Economic-situation-in-Hong-Kong-1986 — Page 280

THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1986

RE-EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE SHOWED A DECREASE OF 123 MILLION OR 3 PER CENT. SIGNIFICANT DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $266 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT) AS WELL AS PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $55 MILLION OR 7 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, AN INCREASE WAS RECORDED IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $165 MILLION OR 60 PER CENT).

SIGNIFICANT DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $565 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT) AS WELL AS CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS (BY $116 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT). A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE WAS, HOWEVER, REGISTERED FOR NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $194 MILLION OR 103 PER CENT).

RE-EXPORTS BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

CHINA CONTINUED TO BE THE LARGEST SOURCE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS IN 1985. ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, INCREASES WERE NOTED IN CLOTHING (BY $1 479 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $1 279 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILES (BY $1 130 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN FEEDING STUFF FOR ANIMALS, NOT INCLUDING UNMILLED CEREALS (BY $66 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $33 MILLION OR 7 PER CENT).

INCREASES

JAPAN WAS THE SECOND LARGEST SOURCE OF RE-EXPORTS. WERE REGISTERED FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1 318 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT) OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $382 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT) AS WELL AS MACHINERY SPECIALIZED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES (BY $332 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT), WHILE DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $41 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ESSENTIAL OILS AND PERFUME MATERIALS; TOILET, POLISHING AND CLEANSING PREPARATIONS (BY $18 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT).

RE-EXPORTS OF TAIWAN PRODUCTS REMAINED ACTIVE IN 1985. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILES (BY $1 504 MILLION OR 62 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $757 MILLION OR 99 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN TEXTILE FIBRES (OTHER THAN WOOL TOPS) AND THEIR WASTES (BY $17 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT).

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RE-EXPORTS OF GOODS OF U.S. ORIGIN ALSO INCREASED. COMMODITIES WITH MORE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE INORGANIC CHEMICALS (BY $441 MILLION OR 361 PER CENT) AS WELL AS PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $262 MILLION OR 60 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN ELECTRICAL MACHINERY. APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $743 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT).

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