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IN THE (BY $3,669 APPLIANCES, AND
COMPARING THE YEAR 1991 WITH THE YEAR 1990, INCREASES VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING MILLION OR 5%) ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $2,087 MILLION OR 12%); OFFICE AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $2,042 MILLION AND TEXTILES (BY $724 MILLION OR 4%).
DECREASES HOWEVER,
IN THE VALUE OF
MACHINES OR 13%)
WERE
OPTICAL AND
DOMESTIC EXPORTS RECORDED IN PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY
11%), $2,420 MILLION OR MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $1,696 MILLION OR 7%).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.
1990,
COMPARING DECEMBER 1991 WITH DECEMBER RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ALL MAJOR SUPPLIERS, OF IMPORTS FROM
THE FEDERAL THE USA, TAIWAN, ITALY,
JAPAN GERMANY, CHINA,
AND THE
OF KOREA REPUBLIC SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 43%, 38%, 34%, 33%, 31%, 29% AND 23% RESPECTIVELY.
INCREASES WERE THE VALUE REPUBLIC OF
INCREASED
ALSO
THOSE FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM, SINGAPORE AND SWITZERLAND INCREASED BY 11%, 6% AND 6% RESPECTIVELY.
THE
COMPARING
INCREASES 1990, YEAR 1991 WITH THE YEAR RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM MOST MAJOR SUPPLIERS.
WERE
THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN, CHINA, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, JAPAN AND SINGAPORE INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 28%, 24%, 24%, 23% AND 21% RESPECTIVELY.
THOSE FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE USA, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF AND 8% RESPECTIVELY. GERMANY AND ITALY INCREASED BY 17%, 14%, 12% HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM SWITZERLAND DECREASED BY 6%.
TABLE 4 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF THE COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
MAJOR
COMPARING THE YEAR 1991 WITH THE YEAR 1990, CONSIDERABLE
IN THE INCREASES
VALUE OF
ELECTRICAL WERE IMPORTS
RECORDED IN
(BY MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF
OR 25%); $15,973 MILLION
TEXTILES (BY $14,676 MILLION OR 18%); CLOTHING (BY $12,978 MILLION OR 24%); AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND $10,688 MILLION RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY OR 22%).
FOR ANIMAL AND
VEGETABLE
HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE REGISTERED CORK
WOOD MANUFACTURES (BY $164 MILLION OR 4%), AND VEGETABLE OILS AND FATS, PROCESSED, AND WAXES OF ANIMAL OR ORIGIN (BY $63 MILLION OR 51%).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS TO MAJOR MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 5.
THE 10
COMPARING DECEMBER 1991 WITH DECEMBER 1990, THE VALUE EXPORTS TO ALL MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED.
OF RE-
/SIGNIFICANT INCREASES