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IMPORTS
PER CENT ΤΟ THUS, THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 30
BY INCREASED
31 PER CENT ΤΟ $396,015 MILLION.
$400,389
MILLION.
COMPARING JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1988 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1987, DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO MOST MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED IN VALUE TERMS.
IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS THE MARKETS WITH MORE SIGNIFICANT GROWTH INCLUDED CHINA
CENT), THE (+37
CENT), PER
SINGAPORE (+37 PER
CENT), JAPAN NETHERLANDS (+26 PER CENT), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+22 PER
PER CENT) AND (+17 PER CENT), FRANCE (+14 PER CENT), AUSTRALIA (+12 THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (+10 PER CENT).
HONG KONG'S LARGEST
HOWEVER, DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A., DOMESTIC EXPORT MARKET, DECREASED BY 3 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS.
SUPPLIERS
FROM ALL MAJOR IMPORTS IN JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1988
IN 1987. INCREASED IN VALUE TERMS WHEN COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD
THE REPUBLIC OF SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN IMPORTS FROM
CENT), TAIWAN (+31 PER KOREA (+56 PER CENT), THE U.S.A. CENT), CHINA (+31 PER CENT) AND JAPAN (+27 PER CENT).
PER (+32
AUSTRALIA
THE
INCREASED CENT
DURING THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, CHINA AND SUBSTANTIALLY IN VALUE TERMS BY 90 PER CENT, 58 PER CENT, 57 PER AND 51 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
NOTABLE INCREASES
WERE
CENT), TAIWAN (+46
ALSO RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF THE U.S.A. (+47 PER RE-EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM (+48 PER CENT) +
PER
SINGAPORE (+35 CENT),
PER
AND CENT)
THE
REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+34 PER CENT),
ARE MEASURED AT CURRENT
ALL TRADE STATISTICS PRESENTED HERE PRICES AND NO ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TAKEN OF THE CHANGES IN PRICES THE PERIODS OF COMPARISON.
BETWEEN
A SEPARATE ANALYSIS
OF THE
PRICE AND VOLUME
MOVEMENTS
OF
EXTERNAL TRADE IN OCTOBER 1988 WILL BE RELEASED IN EARLY JANUARY 1989.
THE CHANGES IN
DOMESTIC
EXPORTS
TO HONG
KONG'S TEN
MAJOR
MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
COMPARING JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1988 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1987, WERE RECORDED IN MOST INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN VALUE TERMS MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
AUTOMATIC DATA
PHOTOGRAPHIC WATCHES AND
THE MORE NOTABLE ONES WERE OFFICE MACHINES AND PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $3,814 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT); SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS. APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND
OR 23 PER CLOCKS (BY $2,917 MILLION
CENT); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES
(BY $2,533 AND SOUND RECORDING MILLION OR 21 PER CENT); AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
16 PER AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1,950 MILLION OR CENT).
/DOMESTIC EXPORTS