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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1991
HK'S TRADE WITH CHINA OF OUTWARD PROCESSING NATURE FOR THIRD QUARTER 1990
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SOME 62% OF HONG KONG'S IMPORTS FROM CHINA WAS OUTWARD PROCESSING, IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1990
THE OTHER HAND, SOME 60% OF HONG KONG'S TOTAL ON CHINA WAS FOR OUTWARD PROCESSING; THE FIGURE WAS 78% EXPORTS, AND 53% FOR RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA.
RELATED
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FOR
EXPORTS TO DOMESTIC
AND
THE CORRESPONDING PROPORTIONS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1989 WERE FOR IMPORTS, 56% FOR TOTAL EXPORTS, 77% FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS 46% FOR RE-EXPORTS.
58%
FROM JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1990, SOME 62% OF HONG KONG'S IMPORTS FROM CHINA WAS RELATED TO OUTWARD PROCESSING.
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ON
EXPORTS THE OTHER HAND, SOME 58% OF HONG KONG'S TOTAL CHINA WAS FOR OUTWARD PROCESSING; THE FIGURE WAS 79% FOR EXPORTS, AND 50% FOR RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA.
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DOMESTIC
1989 EXPORTS
THE
SEPTEMBER CORRESPONDING PROPORTIONS FROM JANUARY TO WERE 58% FOR IMPORTS, 52% FOR TOTAL EXPORTS, 75% FOR DOMESTIC AND 43% FOR RE-EXPORTS.
OF
TO PROVIDE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURE AND IMPORTANCE CENSUS AND OUTWARD
THE PROCESSING IN CHINA BY HONG KONG FIRMS, STATISTICS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN CONDUCTING A SAMPLE SURVEY AS FROM THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1988 TO DISTINGUISH HONG KONG'S EXPORTS TO
EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS INTO THOSE BOTH DOMESTIC OUTWARD PROCESSING AND THOSE WHICH ARE NOT.
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CHINA ARE FOR
WHICH
OF 1989 SO AS TO SEGREGATE HONG KONG'S THOSE WHICH ARE RELATED TO OUTWARD PROCESSING AND
THE RESULTS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1990 NOT.
AS FROM THR IMPORTS
FROM
THOSE
ARE
NOW
THE SCOPE OF THE SURVEY HAS ALSO BEEN EXTENDED QUARTER INTO ARE
FIRST
CHINA' WHICH AVAILABLE.
IN
IN VALUE TERMS, SOMB $39, 198 MILLION OF IMPORTS FROM CHINA THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1990 WERE RELATED TO OUTWARD PROCESSING, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 27% OVER THE SAME QUARTER IN 1989.
IN
THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS TO CHINA FOR OUTWARD PROCESSING
HIGHER THAN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1990, AT $24,331 MILLION, WAS 19% THAT IN THE SAME QUARTER A YEAR AGO.
THE
OF VALUE
DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TO OUTWARD PROCESSING GREW BY 13% TO $9,714 MILLION AND 23% MILLION RESPECTIVELY.
JANUARY FROM
TO SEPTEMBER 1990, SOME
CHINA FOR ΤΟ $14,617
OF
MILLION $102, 181 IMPORTS FROM CHINA WERE RELATED TO OUTWARD PROCESSING, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 25% OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989.
/THE VALUE