FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1990
THOSE
THOSE
WHILE TO JAPAN INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT, REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND CHINA DECREASED BY 5 PER CENT AND 1 RESPECTIVELY:
TABLE 6 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
ΤΟ THE PER CENT
OF THE
1989,
FOR
COMPARING JANUARY TO AUGUST 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $8,946 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT); CLOTHING (BY $6,651 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $4,718 OR 5 PER MILLION OR 28 PER CENT); AND TEXTILES (BY $1,298 MILLION CENT).
IN
HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE RECORDED TEXTILE FIBRES AND THEIR WASTES (BY $1,652 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT) AND OR MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES (BY $1,000 MILLION 17 PER CENT).
ALL THE TRADE STATISTICS DESCRIBED HERE ARE MEASURED AT CURRENT BETWEEN PRICES AND NO ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TAKEN OF THE CHANGES IN PRICES
THE PRICE A SEPARATE ANALYSIS OF THE PERIODS OF COMPARISON. VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN AUGUST 1990 WILL BE RELEASED EARLY NOVEMBER 1990.
DETAILED STATISTICS ON TRADE VALUE BY COMMODITY AND BY ARE PUBLISHED IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.
AND
IN
COUNTRY
TRADE" WITH
THE AUGUST 1990 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL
IN AUGUST 1990 DETAILED ANALYSES ON IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS SALE AROUND OCTOBER 20, AT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR
THE GOVERNMENT
GROUND
GENERAL FLOOR,
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NO.
ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT MAY DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT THE FRENCH BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG (TEL. NO. 842 8802) AND ON TRADE STATISTICS TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT 823 4915).
MAJOR MARKET
U.S.A.
CHINA
TABLE 1: DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO 10 MAJOR MARKETS
AUG 1990
(HKD MN. }
AUG 90 OVER AUG 89 ( % )
JAN-AUG
1990
JAN-AUG 90
OVER JAN-AUG 89
(HKD MN.}
(%)
6,163
11
42,088
7
4.489
+ 16
30,075
/F.R. OF GERMANY
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