FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1990
COMPARING AUGUST 1990 WITH AUGUST 1989, THE VALUE OF
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES FROM ALL THE MAJOR SUPPLIERS INCREASED.
FROM THE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS SINGAPORE, BY 28 PER CENT AND 27 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
IMPORTS WERE
UNITED
KINGDOM
AND
OF
THOSE FROM CHINA, JAPAN, SWITZERLAND, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC GERMANY, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, TAIWAN AND THE USA INCREASED BY 20 PER CENT, 19 PER CENT, 17 PER CENT, 14 PER CENT, 13 PER CENT, 12 PER AND 10 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY,
CENT
1989, COMPARING JANUARY TO AUGUST 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN
AND THE USA INCREASED THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM CHINA, SWITZERLAND
THOSE FROM BY 17 PER CENT, 12 PER CENT AND 11 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. SINGAPORE, TAIWAN, ITALY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM INCREASED BY 6 PER CENT, 5 PER CENT, 3 PER CENT AND 2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
VIRTUALLY
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE GERMANY DECREASED BY 2 PER CENT, WHILE THAT FROM JAPAN WAS UNCHANGED.
TABLE 4 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF THE COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
(BY
MAJOR
1989, COMPARING JANUARY TO AUGUST 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN
WERE RECORDED IN IMPORTS IN THE VALUE OF INCREASES CONSIDERABLE
22 MILLION
PER
MISCELLANEOUS OR
CENT); CLOTHING
$5,991
PER CENT); ARTICLES (BY $5,
MILLION OR 23 MANUFACTURED
$5,535
AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS EQUIPMENT (BY $4,749 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT); AND TEXTILES (BY MILLION OR 4 PER CENT).
$1,752
FOR
FIBRES
HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE REGISTERED IRON AND STEEL (BY $1,587 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT) AND TEXTILE AND THEIR WASTES (BY $1,450 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO HONG KONG'S TEN MAJOR MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 5.
REPUBLIC OF AND TAIWAN, BY
INCREASED THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO MOST OF THE MAJOR MARKETS
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN VALUE TERMS IN AUGUST 1990 OVER AUGUST 1989. WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL GERMANY, FRANCE, THE UNITED KINGDOM, CANADA, THE USA 65 PER CENT, 42 PER CENT, 36 PER CENT, 28 PER CENT, 26 PER CENT AND 23 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
THOSE TO CHINA, SINGAPORE AND JAPAN INCREASED BY 10 PER CENT, 8 HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE- PER CENT AND 3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. EXPORTS TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA DECREASED BY 4 PER CENT,
1989, COMPARING JANUARY TO AUGUST 1990 OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN
GERMANY, FRANCE, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
AND SINGAPORE INCREASED THE UNITED KINGDOM, CANADA, THE USA, TAIWAN SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 55 PER CENT, 33 PER CENT, 28 PER CENT, 27 PER CENT, 26 PER CENT, 25 PER CENT AND 18 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
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