FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1991

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1990 NOVEMBER

1989,

THE

OF

VALUE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES SWITZERLAND, THE

WITH NOVEMBER COMPARING IMPORTS FROM ALL THE MAJOR SUPPLIERS INCREASED. WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND SINGAPORE, BY 56 PER CENT, 54 PER CENT, 52 CENT, AND 46. PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

PER

THOSE FROM TAIWAN, CHINA, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, UNITED KINGDOM, ITALY AND THE USA INCREASED BY 36 PER CENT, CENT,

PER CENT, 31 PER CENT, 28 PER

THE

36

PER.

CENT

AND 17 PER

CENT

35 RESPECTIVELY.

SAME PERIOD IN

COMPARING JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1990 WITH THE 1989, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ALL MAJOR SINGAPORE, SUPPLIERS, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM CHINA, SWITZERLAND, THE USA AND TAIWAN INCREASED BY 20 PER CENT, 19 PER CENT, 15 PER CENT, 12 PER CENT AND 11 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

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ITALY, THE UNITED THOSE FROM JAPAN, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, KINGDOM AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY INCREASED BY 9 PER CENT, PER CENT, 8 PER CENT, 7 PER CENT AND 7 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

TABLE 4 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF THE COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

MAJOR

SAME PERIOD IN COMPARING JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1990 WITH THE

IN 1989, CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE RECORDED

AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS

(BY $8,468 EQUIPMENT (BY $8,516 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT); CLOTHING

ARTICLES MANUFACTURED MILLION OR 21 PER CENT); MISCELLANEOUS $7,929 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT); AND TEXTILES (BY $5,883 MILLION OR PER CENT).

(BY

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FOR HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE REGISTERED

PER CENT), TEXTILE FIBRES AND THEIR WASTES (BY $1,705 MILLION OR 26 AND NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $766 MILLION OR 9 PER CENT).

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO HONG KONG'S 10 MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 5.

THE

MAJOR

VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO ALL THE MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED VALUE TERMS IN NOVEMBER 1990 OVER NOVEMBER 1989.

IN

RE-EXPORTS SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF

FRANCE, THE UNITED KINGDOM, ΤΟ THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, TAIWAN, JAPAN AND CHINA, BY 139 PER CENT, 85 PER CENT, 78 PER CENT, 53 PER CENT, 46 PER CENT AND 41 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY,

CANADA PER CENT

THOSE TO THE USA, SINGAPORE, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND INCREASED BY 27 PER CENT, 17 PER CENT, 11 PER CENT AND RESPECTIVELY.

JANUARY COMPARING

TO NOVEMBER 1990 OVER THE

1989, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL FRANCE, THE

SAME PERIOD IN REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, CANADA AND SINGAPORE

UNITED KINGDOM, TAIWAN, THE USA, INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 69 PER CENT, 41 PER CENT, 35 PER CENT, PER CENT, 22 PER CENT, 21 PER CENT AND 16 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

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