WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1990
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ANALYSIS OF HK'S RE-EXPORT TRADE IN 1989 BY MARKET, COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
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HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS AMOUNTED TO $346,405 MILLION IN 1989, GROWTH OF 26 PER CENT IN VALUE AS COMPARED WITH 1988.
DEPARTMENT
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS RELEASED THE SUMMARY STATISTICS ON HONG KONG'S ANALYSED BY MARKET AND BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.
RE-EXPORTS BY MARKET
A
TODAY (WEDNESDAY) RE-EXPORTS IN 1989
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO 10 MAJOR MARKETS GIVEN IN TABLE 1.
ARE
LARGEST MARKETS FOR HONG KONG'S CHINA AND THE USA, THE TWO
OF RE-EXPORTS, ACCOUNTED FOR 30 PER CENT AND 21 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY
SHARES OF JAPAN, TAIWAN THE TOTAL VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS IN 1989. THE AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA WERE 6 PER CENT, 5 PER CENT AND 4 RESPECTIVELY.
PER CENT
MAJOR COMPARING 1989 WITH 1988, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO ALL
INCREASES RECORDED SIGNIFICANT
IN MARKETS INCREASED, WITH THE MORE
CENT), PER
THE USA (+46 PER THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (+52
THE
KINGDOM UNITED
PER (+39
CENT), CENT), CANADA (+45 PER CENT),
AND SINGAPORE (+27 AUSTRALIA ( +29 PER CENT), JAPAN (+28 PER CENT),
ALSO PER CENT). RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND CHINA INCREASED, BY 17 PER CENT, 13 PER CENT AND 9 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
INCREASED BY $8,597
RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA, THE LARGEST MARKET, MILLION OR 9 PER CENT IN 1989 AS COMPARED WITH 1988.
PRODUCTS
THE MARKET, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES PER CENT); $5,119 MILLION OR 28 AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $1,733 AND MANUFACTURES LEATHER
ANALYSED BY COMMODITY FOR TEXTILES (BY WERE RECORDED FOR
PETROLEUM PETROLEUM,
PER CENT); AND LEATHER, MILLION OR 147 DRESSED FURSKINS (BY $842 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT).
34 OR
VEHICLES, INCLUDING
PER
CENT)
AND
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR ROAD
MILLION $1,128
MATERIALS,
(BY VEHICLES AIR-CUSHION ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC ETHERS (BY $1,091 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT).
THE
SECOND
AND, CELLULOSE ESTERS AND
LARGEST
MARKET
FOR
HONG
RE-EXPORTS TO THE USA, KONG'S RE-EXPORTS, INCREASED BY $22,550 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT.
COMMODITIES WITH SIGNIFICANT
INCREASES
WERE MISCELLANEOUS CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES CENT); CLOTHING (BY SOUND $3,737 MILLION
MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $6,627 MILLION OR 50 PER
PER CENT); AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND $4,308 MILLION OR 50 RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY OR 88 PER CENT).
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