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1989,
COMPARING THE FIRST HALF OF 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $585 MILLION OR 68 PER CENT); ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $309 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT); TEXTILES (BY $246 MILLION OR 3 PER CENT); AND CLOTHING (BY $173 MILLION OR 1 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED FOR MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $923 MILLION OR 7 PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $556 MILLION OR 6 PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.
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COMPARING JUNE 1990 WITH JUNE 1989, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS SWITZERLAND AND CHINA INCREASED BY 28 PER CENT AND 11 PER RESPECTIVELY. THOSE FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, TAIWAN, UNITED KINGDOM AND JAPAN INCREASED BY 5 PER CENT, 3 PER CENT, 2 PER CENT AND 1 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS RESPECTIVELY, HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE USA, SINGAPORE, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND ITALY DECREASED BY 14 PER CENT, 9 PER CENT, 2 PER CENT AND 1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
1989,
COMPARING THE FIRST HALF OF 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM CHINA, THE USA AND SWITZERLAND INCREASED BY 16 PER CENT, 13 PER CENT AND 12 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. THOSE FROM ITALY, TAIWAN AND SINGAPORE INCREASED BY 5 PER CENT, 3 PER CENT AND 3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. HOWEVER, IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM DECREASED IN VALUE TERMS BY 5 PER CENT, 5 PER CENT, 5 PER CENT AND 3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
TABLE 4 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
COMPARING THE FIRST HALF OF 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989, CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE RECORDED FOR CLOTHING (BY $4,281 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $3,434 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2,536 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT); AND TEXTILES (BY $907 MILLION OR 3 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR IRON AND STEEL (BY $1,466 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT) AND TEXTILE FIBRES AND THEIR WASTES (BY $1,211 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO HONG KONG'S 10 MAJOR MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 5.
THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO MOST MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED VALUE TERMS IN JUNE 1990 OVER JUNE 1989.
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