WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1990
TABLE 2 HOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
OF
IN 1989,
COMPARING JANUARY TO JULY 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR TOBACCO ARTIFICIAL AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $706 MILLION OR 72 PER CENT); RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $351 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT); TEXTILES (BY $254 MILLION OR 3 PER CENT); AND HOWEVER, DECREASES CLOTHING (BY $49 MILLION OR LESS THAN 1 PER CENT),
RECORDED FOR MISCELLANEOUS IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $1,350 MILLION OR 9 PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS $711 MILLION OR 7 PER CENT).
THEREOF (BY
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.
10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS
FROM WERE
COMPARING JULY 1990 WITH JULY 1989, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS INCREASES SIGNIFICANT MOST OF THE MAJOR SUPPLIERS INCREASED. RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND CHINA, BY 26 PER CENT AND 21 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
THOSE FROM JAPAN, TAIWAN,
THE SINGAPORE, SWITZERLAND,
USA, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM INCREASED BY 11 CENT PER CENT, 8 PER CENT, 7 PER CENT, 5 PER CENT, 4 PER CENT, 2 PER AND 2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
COMPARING JANUARY TO JULY 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD THE USA AND SWITZERLAND THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM CHINA, BY 16 PER CENT, 11 PER CENT AND 11 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
IN 1989, INCREASED
THOSE FROM TAIWAN, ITALY AND SINGAPORE INCREASED BY 4 PER CENT, 3 PER CENT AND 3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
HOWEVER,
IMPORTS FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA DECREASED IN VALUE BY 4 PER CENT, 3 PER CENT, 2 PER CENT AND 1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
JAPAN, TERMS
TABLE 4 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF THE COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
MAJOR
1989, COMPARING JANUARY TO JULY 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN
RECORDED FOR IN INCREASES CONSIDERABLE
THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE
OR 23 PER CENT); MISCELLANEOUS MILLION CLOTHING (BY $5,238
PER CENT); (BY $4,457 MILLION OR 22 MANUFACTURED ARTICLES TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS EQUIPMENT (BY $3,738 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT); AND TEXTILES (BY MILLION OR 3 PER CENT).
AND
$1,375
FOR
FIBRES
HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE REGISTERED IRON AND STEEL (BY $1,613 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT) AND TEXTILE AND THEIR WASTES (BY $1,435 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO HONG KONG'S 10 MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 5.
MAJOR
/THE VALUE