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ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ALL MAJOR SUPPLIERS INCREASED, ESPECIALLY THOSE FROM SINGAPORE (+59 PER CENT), TAIWAN (+49 PER CENT), CHINA (+43 PER CENT), ITALY (+40 PER CENT) AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+38 PER CENT).
RE-EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, AUSTRALIA, THE UNITED KINGDOM, TAIWAN AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN VALUE TERMS BY 139 PER CENT, 92 PER CENT, 79 PER CENT, 71 PER CENT AND 67 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE IN JANUARY TO AUGUST 1987, AT $473,255 MILLION, INCREASED BY 39 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS WHEN COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1986.
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY 31 PER CENT TO $123,296 MILLION WHILE RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 52 PER CENT TO $112, 574 MILLION. THUS, THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 40 PER CENT TO $235,871 MILLION. IMPORTS INCREASED IN VALUE TERMS BY 39 PER CENT TO $237,384 MILLION.
1986,
COMPARING JANUARY TO AUGUST OF 1987 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO ALL MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED IN VALUE TERMS. THE MARKETS WITH THE FASTEST GROWTH IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCLUDED JAPAN (+68 PER CENT), CHINA (+64 PER CENT), THE NETHERLANDS
(+53 PER CENT), FRANCE (+46 PER CENT) AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (+40 PER CENT). DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO HONG KONG'S LARGEST MARKET, THE U.S.A. GREW BY 17 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS.
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IMPORTS IN JANUARY TO AUGUST 1987 FROM ALL MAJOR SUPPLIERS INCREASED IN VALUE TERMS WHEN COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1986. SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN IMPORTS FROM THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+61 PER CENT), CHINA (+48 PER CENT), TAIWAN (+46 PER CENT), ITALY (+43 PER CENT) AND THE U.S.A. (+36 PER CENT).
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, RE-EXPORTS то THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE UNITED KINGDOM, AUSTRALIA, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND TAIWAN INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN VALUE TERMS BY 107 PER CENT, 102 PER CENT, 61 PER CENT, 60 PER CENT AND 60 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
ALL TRADE STATISTICS PRESENTED HERE ARE MEASURED AT CURRENT PRICES AND NO ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TAKEN OF THE CHANGES IN PRICES BETWEEN THE PERIODS OF COMPARISON. A SEPARATE ANALYSIS OF THE PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN AUGUST 1987 WILL BE RELEASED
IN EARLY NOVEMBER 1987.
THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS ΤΟ HONG KONG'S 10 MAJOR MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
/COMPARING JANUARY