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RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATING IN TAIWAN INCREASED BY $351 MILLION OR 3 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1990, PARTICULARLY THOSE OF TEXTILES (BY $892 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT); AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $265 MILLION OR 93 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A DECREASE IN RE-EXPORT VALUE WAS RECORDED IN MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES (BY $591 MILLION OR 41 PER
CENT).
RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATING IN THE U.S.A. INCREASED BY $1,360 MILLION OR 12 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS. COMMODITIES WITH SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN RE-EXPORT VALUE WERE ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $832 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT); AND TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $334 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A DECREASE OF RE-EXPORT VALUE WAS RECORDED IN MANUFACTURES OF METAL (BY $86 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT).
RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATING IN THE REPUBLIC OF KORRA DECREASED BY $1,032 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS, PARTICULARLY THOSE OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $448 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT); AND GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, AND MACHINE PARTS (BY $232 MILLION OR 74 PER CENT). HOWEVER, AN INCREASE IN RE-EXPORT VALUE WAS RECORDED IN CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS (BY $76 MILLION OR 77 PER CENT).
FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING THE ABOVE RE-EXPORT STATISTICS ARK PUBLISHED IN THE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE, JUNE 1990" NOW AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT $27 PER COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE. ENQUIRIES MAY BE MADE TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 823 4915.
MAJOR MARKET
TABLE 1: RE-EXPORTS TO 10 MAJOR MARKETS
JAN-JUNE 1990 (HKD MN.)
JAN-JUNE 1989 (HKD MN.)
INCREASE/ DECREASE (HKD MN.)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
(%)
CHINA
50,212
U.S.A.
38,029
52,556 29,787
2,344
4
+ 8,242
+ 28
JAPAN
10,509
10,221
288
+ 3
TAIWAN
10, 121
8,159
+ 1,962
+ 24
F.R. OF GERMANY
8,661
5,723
+ 2,938
+ 51
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
6,493
6,760
267
4
SINGAPORE
6,230
5,029
+ 1,201
+ 24
UNITED KINGDOM
4,672
3,891
780
+ 20
CANADA
2,969
2,311
657
+ 28
FRANCE
2,820
2,133
687
+ 32
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