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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1991
COMPARING AUGUST 1991 WITH AUGUST 1990, THE VALUR OF RE-EXPÓRTS TO ALL MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED.
RE-EXPORTS
34%,
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF TO CHINA, FRANCE, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND CANADA, PY 26%,
24% AND 20% RESPECTIVELY.
THE
THOSE ΤΟ JAPAN, TAIWAN, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, THE
USA, UNITED KINGDOM AND SINGAPORE INCREASED BY 16%, 16%, 14%, 14%, 8% AND 5% RESPECTIVELY.
COMPARING JANUARY TO AUGUST 1991 OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO MOST MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED.
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS ΤΟ THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, FRANCE, CHINA, CANADA, JAPAN AND THE UNITED KINGDOM, BY 63%, 46%, 37%, 22%, 21% AND 20% RESPECTIVELY.
THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE USA, TAIWAN AND THE REPUBLIC KOREA INCREASED BY 16%, 15% AND 13% RESPECTIVELY.
OF
HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE DECREASED BY 8%.
TABLE 6 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
COMPARING JANUARY TO AUGUST 1991 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990, FOR CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED CLOTHING (BY $8,976 MILLION OR
OR 30%); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED
MILLION ARTICLES (BY $7,418 MILLION OR 21%); TEXTILES (BY $7,219 25%); AND FOOTWEAR (BY $5,906 MILLION OR 70%).
OR
HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE RECORDED
CRUSTACEANS FISH,
AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF $115 MILLION OR 5%), AND METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY MILLION OR 21%).
IN
(BY
$102
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.
VOLUME MOVEMENTS
OF
A SEPARATE ANALYSIS OF THE PRICE AND EXTERNAL TRADE IN AUGUST 1991 WILL BE RELEASED IN EARLY NOVEMBER 1991.
DETAILED STATISTICS ON TRADE VALUE BY COMMODITY AND BY COUNTRY ARE PUBLISHED IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.
CENTRE,
THE AUGUST 1991 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE" WITH DETAILED
AUGUST ANALYSES ON IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AROUND OCTOBER 18 AT THE PUBLICATIONS
CONNAUGHT
CENTRAL AT $33.50 PER COPY.
1991
GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING,
GOVERNMENT PLACE,
BE MISSION ENQUIRIES
NO.
ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT MAY
то DIRECTED
AT THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT
FRENCH BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG (TEL. NO. 842 8802) AND ON TRADE STATISTICS TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. 823 4915).
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