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THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS TO 10 MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TARDE 5.
MAJOR
COMPARING APRIL 1991 WITH APRIL 1990, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO MOST MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED.
RE-EXPORTS 80%,
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, FRANCE, CHINA AND ITALY, BY
UNITED 48% AND 45% RESPECTIVELY. 58%,
THOSE TO JAPAN, THE THE USA, TAIWAN AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA INCREASED BY 34%, 27%, 17% AND 12% RESPECTIVELY,
KINGDOM, 17%,
HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE DECREASED BY 12%.
JANUARY TO APRIL 1991 OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO MOST MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED.
COMPARING
1990,
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SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF
REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, FRANCE, ITALY, THE FEDERAL UNITED KINGDOM, BY 88%, 48%, 47%, 34% AND 32% RESPECTIVELY.
CHINA
RE-EXPORTS
AND
THE
THE
VALUE
AND THE RESPECTIVELY.
USA
OF RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN, TAIWAN, THE AND 5% KOREA INCREASED BY 24%, 24%, 14% REPUBLIC OF HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE DECREASED BY 10%.
TABLE 6 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
OF THE
1990,
COMPARING JANUARY TO APRIL 1991 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $5,131 MILLION OR 41%); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES
TELECOMMUNICATIONS (BY $3,410 MILLION OR 26%); RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2,741 OR 29%); AND TEXTILES (BY $2,585 MILLION OR 20%).
AND SOUND
MILLION
HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE RECORDED
(BY THEREOF FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATIONS MILLION OR 10%), AND RAW HIDES, SKINS AND FURSKINS (BY $55 MILLION 22%).
IN
$152 OR
ALL THE TRADE STATISTICS DESCRIBED HERE ARE MEASURED AT CURRENT BETWEEN PRICES AND NO ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TAKEN OF THE CHANGES IN PRICES THE PERIODS OF COMPARISON.
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COUNTRY
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