SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 1990
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TAKING DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER, TOTAL EXPORTS ROSE BY 14 PER CENT. IMPORTS INCREASED BY 10 PER CENT TO $560,739 MILLION. TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE, AS A
WHOLE,
INCREASED BY 12 PER
CENT.
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 JANUARY 1990 WILL BE RELEASED IN EARLY APRIL.
THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
EXPORTS TO HONG KONG'S 10 MAJOR
COMPARING JANUARY 1990 WITH JANUARY 1989, INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN VALUE TERMS WERE RECORDED IN MOST MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
THE MORE NOTABLE ONES WERE CLOTHING (BY #481 MILLION OR 9 PER CENT) TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $87 MILLION OR 60 PER CENT); PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $64 MILLION OR 4 PER CENT); AND TEXTILES (BY $34 MILLION OR 3 PER CENT).
MACHINERY,
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR ELECTRICAL APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $299 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING
MILLION OR 20 AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $259 CENT).
PER
TABLE 2 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC COMMODITY DIVISION.
EXPORTS BY MAJOR
THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM HONG KONG'S 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.
COMPARING JANUARY 1990 WITH JANUARY 1989, MORE NOTABLE INCREASES IN IMPORTS IN VALUE TERMS WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $562 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (BY $290 MILLION OR 48 PER 9 PER CENT); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $224 MILLION OR
PER CENT) AND TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $186 MILLION OR 28 (ENT).
DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL (BY $474 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT) AND TEXTILES ( BY $305 MILLION OR 6 PER CENT},
TABLE 4 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS BY MAJOR
DIVISION.
THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS TO HONG KONG'S 10 MAJOR SHOWN IN TABLE 5.
COMMODITY
MARKETS ARE
/COMPARING JANUARY