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THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS TO 10 MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 5.
MAJOR
COMPARING JANUARY 1991 WITH JANUARY 1990, THE VALUE OF RE- EXPORTS TO ALL THE MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED.
TO
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, CHINA, TAIWAN, SWITZERLAND, THE NETHERLANDS AND THE UNITED KINGDOM, BY 96%, 61%, 54%, 54%, 53% AND 45% RESPECTIVELY.
THOSE TO JAPAN, THE USA, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND SINGAPORE INCREASED BY 31%, 22%, 10% AND 3% RESPECTIVELY.
TABLE 6 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
(BY
COMPARING JANUARY 1991 WITH JANUARY 1990, CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING $1,354 MILLION OR 35%); TEXTILES (BY $1,152 MILLION OR 39%); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $1,116 MILLION OR 32%); AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $937 MILLION OR 42%).
IN
HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE RECORDED INORGANIC CHEMICALS (BY $37 MILLION OR 21%), AND OTHER TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (BY $30 MILLION OR 47%).
ALL THE TRADE STATISTICS DESCRIBED HERE ARE MEASURED AT CURRENT PRICES AND NO ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TAKEN OF THE CHANGES IN PRICES BETWEEN THE PERIODS OF COMPARISON.
A SEPARATE ANALYSIS OF THE PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN JANUARY 1991 WILL BE RELEASED IN EARLY APRIL 1991.
DETAILED STATISTICS ON TRADE VALUE BY COMMODITY AND BY COUNTRY ARE PUBLISHED IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.
THE
JANUARY 1991 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE" WITH DETAILED ANALYSES ON IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN JANUARY 1991 WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AROUND MARCH 20, AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AT $33.50 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT FRENCH MISSION BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG (TEL. NO. 842 8802) AND ENQUIRIES ON TRADE STATISTICS TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. 823 4915).
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