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THE COMPARING THE YEAR 1989 WITH THE YEAR 1988. SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC
(+14 PER CENT),
( +29 PER CENT), JAPAN SINGAPORE (+11 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, THOSE TO THE
CHINA
MARKETS WITH EXPORTS INCLUDED TAIWAN
PER (+14
CENT) AND
UNITED KINGDOM, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND THE USA DECREASED BY PER CENT, 3 PER CENT AND 1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
IMPORTS IN THE YEAR 1989 FROM MOST
THOSE
NETHERLANDS, THE 6 PER CENT, 3
MAJOR SUPPLIERS INCREASED IN VALUE TERMS COMPARED WITH
IN THE YEAR 1988. SIGNIFICANT PER CENT), ITALY INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN IMPORTS FROM CHINA (+26
PER CENT) AND (+23 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (+20 PER CENT), TAIWAN (+16 THE USA (12 PER CENT).
PER
LITTLE
HOWEVER, IMPORTS FROM THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA DECREASED BY 3
THE UNITED KINGDOM SHOWED CENT, WHILE THOSE FROM JAPAN AND CHANGE.
THE FEDERAL AUSTRALIA, BY 52 PER CENT
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, RE-EXPORTS TO
KINGDOM, REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE USA, CANADA, THE UNITED JAPAN AND SINGAPORE INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN VALUE TERMS, CENT, 46 PER CENT, 45 PER CENT, 39 PER CENT, 29 PER CENT, 28 PER AND 27 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
INCREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED FOR VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND CHINA, BY 17 PER CENT, 13 PER CENT AND 9 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
ARE MEASURED AT ALL TRADE STATISTICS PRESENTED HERE
CURRENT PRICES AND NO ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TAKEN OF THE CHANGES IN PRICES BETWEEN
A SEPARATE ANALYSIS THE PERIODS OF COMPARISON.
OF THE PRICE AND BE RELEASED VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN DECEMBER 1989 WILL IN EARLY MARCH.
THE CHANGES
IN DOMESTIC MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
EXPORTS TO HONG KONG'S 10 MAJOR
DATA AUTOMATIC
VALUE COMPARING THE YEAR 1989 WITH THE YEAR 1988, INCREASES IN
MILLION OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $4,566
7 PER CENT); OR
OFFICE MACHINES AND
PROCESSING
PER EQUIPMENT (BY $1,567 MILLION OR 11
CENT); TEXTILES (BY $1,263 MILLION OR 8 PER CENT) AND ARTIFICIAL RESINS
PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $969 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE
$2,043
(BY ARTICLES
AND
RECORDED FOR MANUFACTURED
MILLION OR 7 PER TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING EQUIPMENT (BY $1,223 MILLION OR 7 PER CENT).
MISCELLANEOUS
CENT) APPARATUS
AND
AND
TABLE 2 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES
IN DOMESTIC
EXPORTS OF
THE
MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM HONG KONG'S 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.
ARE
/COMPARING THE