FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1992
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HK'S EXTERNAL TRADE PERFORMANCE IN DECEMBER AND WHOLE YEAR OF 1991
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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR, AT $151,760 MILLION, GRRW BY 30% IN VALUE AS COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1990, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
AMONG THE
STRONGEST GROWTH, DECEMBER 1991.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRADE, RE-EXPORTS BY 43% OVER DECEMBER 1990, TO $52,487
THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY 10% MILLION, BRINGING THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS TO $74,786 DECEMBER 1991, 31% ABOVE THAT IN DECEMBER 1990.
SHOWED THE MILLION IN
ΤΟ $22,299 MILLION IN
THE VALUE OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY 30% TO $76,974 MILLION.
FOR THE YEAR 1991 AS A WHOLE, THE VALUE OF TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE, AT $1,544,868 MILLION, INCREASED BY 20% AS COMPARED WITH THE YEAR 1990.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY 2% TO $231,045 MILLION, WHILE THAT OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 29% TO $534,841 MILLION.
THUS, THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 20% TO $765,886 MILLION. THE VALUE OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY 21% TO $778,982 MILLION.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
10 MAJOR
COMPARING DECEMBER 1991 WITH DECEMBER 1990, SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA AND TAIWAN, BY 35% AND 28% RESPECTIVELY.
THOSE TO THE USA, SINGAPORE, CANADA AND JAPAN INCREASED BY 15%, 12%, 2% AND 2% RESPECTIVELY.
HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, FRANCE, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE NETHERLANDS BY 12%, 10%, 9% AND 4% RESPECTIVELY.
DECREASED
COMPARING THE YEAR 1991 WITH THE YEAR 1990, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA, SINGAPORE, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, TAIWAN, THE NETHERLANDS, FRANCE AND UNITED KINGDOM, BY 15%, 13%, 7%, 6%, 6%, 2% AND 2% RESPECTIVELY.
THE
HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CANADA, THE USA AND JAPAN DECREASED BY 7%, 5% AND 3% RESPECTIVELY.
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
/COMPARING THE