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DECEMBER 1992. THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WAS $64,284 MILLION AND THAT OF IMPORTS, $90,232 MILLION, WHICH REPRESENT
NCREASES OF 22.53 AND 17.23 RESPECTIVELY OVER DECEMBER 1991.
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THE TOTAL VALUE OF EXTERNAL TRADE FOR 1997 AS A WHOLE $1,330 BILLION, 21.73 ABOVE THAT OF 1991. FOR DECEMBER 1992, THE TOTAL VALUE OF EXTERNAL TRADE WAS $176 BILLION, AN INCREASE OF 16713 OVER THAT IN DECEMBER 1991.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.
COMPARING 1992 WITH 1991. THE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE MAJOR SUPPLIERS WERE: GERMANY (+31.7%), JAPAN (+30.43), MALAYSIA (+30.1%), ITALY (+26.4%), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA +26.4%), SINGAPORE (+24.0%), CHINA (+20.8%), THE UNITED STATES (+20.03), TAIWAN (+16.7%) AND THE UNITED KINGDOM (+16.28).
WERE
COMPARING DECEMBER 1992 WITH DECEMBER 1991. INCREASES ALSO RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ALL THE MAJOR SUPPLIERS: SINGAPORE (+35.2%), JAPAN (+31.83), ITALY (+30.38), MALAYSIA (+28.7%), THE UNITED STATES (+27.9%), GERMANY (+24.8%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+20.0%), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+17.6%), CHINA (+8.6%) AND TAIWAN (+8.5%).
TABLE 4 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
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COMPARING 1992 WITH 1991. INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $17,644 MILLION OR 22.7%); ROAD VEHICLES (BY 916,653 MILLION OR 98.0%).; MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING OF MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $16.230 MILLION OR 29.1%); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $15,535 MILLION OR 25.9%); CLOTHING (BY $13,571 MILLION OR 20.45); AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES (BY $10,181 MILLION OR 42.93).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR COUNTRIES OF DESTINATION ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 5.
COMPARING 1992 WITH 1991, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS ΤΟ THE UNITED KINGDOM, CHINA, THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, JAPAN, FRANCE AND SINGAPORE INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 40.4%, 38.3%, 34.0%, 30.6%, 26.7%, 22.1% AND 14.7% RESPECTIVELY. THAT TO TAIWAN AND GERMANY ALSO INCREASED. BY 5.6% AND 3.2% RESPECTIVELY.
HOWEVER, OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA DECREASED BY 7.1#.
EXPORTS
COMPARING DECEMBER 1992 WITH DECEMBER 1991, THE VALUE OF RE- TO CHINA, THE UNITED KINGDOM, SINGAPORE AND FRANCE INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 39.5%, 31.18, 29.39 AND 24.8% RESPECTIVELY.
THAT TO CANADA, GERMANY, THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN ALSO INCREASED, BY 14.6%, 14.28, 12.2% AND 5.5% RESPECTIVELY.
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HOWEVER, OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TAIWAN AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA DECREASED, BY 7.5% AND 1.1%.
RESPECTIVELY.
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