London, Jan. 17 An order issued yesterday, on the recommendation of the Import Daties Advisory" Committee, revokes the specific duties chargeabl> under the Finance Act of 1938 in. substitution for a general ad. valorem duty on eas, not in shell. These goods, accordingly, are again Iable, as from January 18, to a general ad valorem duty of 10 per cent—Reuter.
Hongkong, Jan. 18.
Hongkong exports and imports reached a record level in 1998, but!
fed sharply in December after the Japanese invasion of south China, cilicial statistics revealed here today, Total trade, including exports and imports, "totalled Hk$1,013,071.214, representing an increase of $45,084,526 ver 1937. December 1998, compared {with the same month of 1987, showed 2 decrease of $15,291,500, however.
'Trade with 'China' established a new record, reaching $463,991,810, on Increase of $02,260,045 over 1997.
Bullion exported from Hongkong, mainly to. the United States and Britain, amounted to $188,123,056.
Imports, mainly from China, totalled $901,218, mostly in gold, and silver bars "believed to have been handled on behalf of the Chinese /Government—United Press.
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