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HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE REGISTERED NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $191 MILLION OR 6%), AND WOOD MANUFACTURES (BY $96 MILLION OR 16%).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS TO 10 MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 5,
MAJOR
FEBRUARY 1990, SIGNIFICANT WITH FEBRUARY 1991 COMPARING
THE FEDERAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO
BY 148%, REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, ITALY, FRANCE AND THE UNITED KINGDOM,
TAIWAN AND THOSE TO JAPAN, THE USA, 86%,
68% AND 66% RESPECTIVELY. CHINA INCREASED BY 32%, 28%, 24% AND 5% RESPECTIVELY.
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HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE AND THE OF KOREA DECREASED BY 16% AND 6% RESPECTIVELY.
REPUBLIC
SAME PERIOD IN COMPARING JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 1991 OVER THE
MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED. MOST 1990, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, ITALY, FRANCE AND THE UNITED KINGDOM, 118%, 75%, 56% AND 54% RESPECTIVELY.
BY
THE
USA
THOSE 2% IN VALUE.
TO
THE
THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN, CHINA, JAPAN AND
RESPECTIVELY. INCREASED BY 38%, 32%, 31% AND 25% REPUBLIC OF KOREA ALSO RECORDED A SLIGHT INCREASE OF HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE DECREASED BY 6%.
TABLE 6 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
OF THE
SAME PERIOD IN COMPARING JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 1991 WITH THE
WERE RE-EXPORTS IN THE VALUE OF 1990,
INCREASES CONSIDERABLE
53%); MISCELLANEOUS REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $3,375 MILLION OR
TELECOMMUNICATIONS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $2,213 MILLION OR 37%); AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1,670 MILLION OR 41%); AND TEXTILES (BY $1,068 MILLION OR 18%),
FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF (BY PROFESSIONAL, AND
HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE RECORDED
AND SCIENTIFIC MILLION INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS (BY $51 MILLION OR 10%).
OR
16%),
IN
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CONTROLLING
BETWEEN
THE PRICE AND
ALL THE TRADE STATISTICS DESCRIBED HERE ARE MEASURED AT CURRENT PRICES AND NO ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TAKEN OF THE CHANGES IN PRICES THE PERIODS OF COMPARISON. A SEPARATE ANALYSIS OF VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN FEBRUARY 1991 WILL BE IN EARLY MAY 1991.
RELEASED
COUNTRY ISSUE OF IMPORTS, FOR SALE
DETAILED STATISTICS ON TRADE VALUE BY COMMODITY AND BY THE FEBRUARY 1991 ARE PUBLISHED IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.
ANALYSES ON THE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE" WITH DETAILED EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN FEBRUARY 1991 WILL BE AVAILABLE AROUND APRIL 18, AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AT $33.50 PER COPY.
FLOOR,
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