Analysis by major commodity:
Comparing June 2006 with June 2005, increases were registered in the values of re-exports of many principal commodity divisions, in particular "electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, and electrical parts thereof" (by $6.8 billion or 18.4 percent) and decrease was registered in the value of re-exports of "clothing" (by $1.1 billion or 7.2 percent).
For the first half of 2006 as a whole, year-on-year increases were registered in the values of re-exports of many principal commodity divisions, in particular, a year-on-year decrease was registered in the value of re-exports of "clothing" (by $8.0 billion or 10.5 percent).
Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong
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