THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1992
ESTIMATED PROPORTION OF OUTWARD PROCESSING TRADE IN TRADE WITH CHINA:
3RD QTR.
3RD
QTR.
1991
1990
JAN.-SEP.
1991
JAN.-SEP. 1990
(#)
(%)
(%)
(%)
IMPORTS FROM CHINA
68.2
62.3
66.0
61.7
TOTAL EXPORTS
TO CHINA
56.5
60.4
56.
6
58.5
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
TO CHINA
77.0
77.9
77.3
78.6
RE-EXPORTS TO
CHINA
49.4
52.6
49.4
49.9
THE VALUE EXCLUDES COMMODITIES AND TRANSACTIONS NOT CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO KIND.
SEMI-
A
FOR OUTWARD FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE SURVEY, EXPORTS TO CHINA
OF RAW MATERIALS OR REFER TO THE EXPORTATION PROCESSING MANUFACTURES FROM OR THROUGH HONG KONG TO CHINA FOR PROCESSING WITH CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENT FOR SUBSEQUENT RE-IMPORTATION OF THE PROCESSED GOODS INTO HONG KONG.
THE IMPORTS FROM CHINA RELATED TO OUTWARD PROCESSING REFER TO
OR PART OF IMPORTATION OF PROCESSED GOODS FROM CHINA OF WHICH ALL
ARE UNDER CONTRACTUAL OR MATERIALS
SEMI-MANUFACTURES THEIR RAW
CHINA KONG TO HONG OR THROUGH ARRANGEMENT EXPORTED PROCESSING.
FROM
FOR
TRADE
TO
INFORMATION
RE-EXPORTS A SAMPLE OF TRADE DECLARATIONS IN RESPECT OF HONG KONG'S WITH CHINA (IMPORTS FROM CHINA, DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND CHINA) IS SELECTED FOR ENUMERATION TO OBTAIN THE REQUIRED FROM THE ESTABLISHMENTS CONCERNED.
EXPLAINED
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT THAT UNDER THE INTERNATIONALLY ACCEPTED SYSTEM OF RECORDING. TRADE FLOWS, ALL MOVEMENTS OF GOODS ACROSS THE BORDER, FOR WHATEVER PURPOSE, ARE RECORDED AS EXTERNAL TRADE.
THUS THE MOVEMENTS OF GOODS ASSOCIATED WITH OUTWARD ARE CORRECTLY INCLUDED IN THE REGULAR TRADE STATISTICS.
HOWEVER,
PROCESSING
A MORE IN THIS THE REGULAR
FACILITATE THE SURVEY, "THE FINDINGS OF INFORMED ANALYSIS OF THE NATURE OF HONG KONG-CHINA TRADE. RESPECT, THE SURVEY RESULTS ARE A USEFUL SUPPLEMENT TO TRADE STATISTICS.
GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CENTRAL AT $33.5 PER COPY.
PART I OF THE THE ABOVE SURVEY RESULTS WILL BE INCLUDED IN
1991 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE", WHICH WILL DECEMBER
PUBLICATIONS THE GOVERNMENT ON SALE AROUND FEBRUARY 21 AT
CONNAUGHT CENTRE,
BE SALES PLACE,
0
19
+