TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1991
COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1991 WITH SEPTEMBER 1990, THE VALUE OF RE- EXPORTS TO ALL MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED.
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS
TO CHINA, THE USA, FRANCE, CANADA, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE
REPUBLIC OF KOREA, BY 54%, 45%, 40%, 37%, 33% AND 30% RESPECTIVELY.
THOSE ΤΟ JAPAN, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, SINGAPORE INCREASED BY 28%, 28%, 20% AND 3% RESPECTIVELY.
TAIWAN AND
PERIOD IN
COMPARING JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1991 OVER THE SAME 1990, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO MOST MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED.
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, FRANCE AND CHINA, BY 58%, 45% AND 39% RESPECTIVELY.
THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO CANADA, JAPAN, THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE USA, TAIWAN AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA INCREASED BY 23%, 22%, 22%, 20%, 15% AND 14% RESPECTIVELY. HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE DECREASED BY 7%.
TABLE 6 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
COMPARING JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1991 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990, CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $11,153 MILLION OR 33%); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $9,405 MILLION OR 24%); TEXTILES (BY $8,772 MILLION OR 26%); AND FOOTWEAR (BY $7,200 MILLION OR 75%).
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HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE RECORDED FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF (BY $104MILLION OR 4%), AND METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $102 MILLION OR 18%).
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 EXTERNAL TRADE DECEMBER 1991.
ANALYSIS OF THE PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF IN SEPTEMBER 1991 WILL BE RELEASED IN BARLY
DETAILED STATISTICS ON TRADE VALUE BY COMMODITY AND BY COUNTRY ARE PUBLISHED IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.
THE SEPTEMBER 1991 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE" WITH DETAILED ANALYSES ON IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN SEPTEMBER 1991 WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AROUND NOVEMBER 20, 1991, AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AT $33.50 PER COPY.
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ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT MAY DIRECTED ΤΟ 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. 582 4915).
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