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FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1992
CHINA AND THE USA, THE TWO LARGEST MARKETS FOR HONG KONG'S RB- EXPORTS, ACCOUNTED FOR 29% AND 21% RESPECTIVELY OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS IN 1991. THE SHARES OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, JAPAN AND TAIWAN WERE 6%, 6% AND 5% RESPECTIVELY.
COMPARING 1991 WITH 1990, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO MOST OF THE MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED, WITH THE MORE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES RECORDED IN FRANCE (+41%), CHINA (+38%), THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (+37%), CANADA (+30%), THE USA (+26%), JAPAN (+21%), AND THE UNITED KINGDOM (+21%).
THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN AND THE REPUBLIC ALSO INCREASED, BY 17% AND 12% RESPECTIVELY WHEREAS THAT TO DECREASED BY 4%.
OF KOREA SINGAPORE
RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY BY $42,410 MILLION OR 38% IN 1991 AS COMPARED WITH 1990.
ANALYSED BY COMMODITY FOR THIS MARKET, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN RE-EXPORT VALUE WERE RECORDED IN TEXTILES (BY $7,569 MILLION OR 27%); ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $5,404 MILLION OR 70%) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY 93,140 MILLION OR 38%).
HOWEVER, DECREASE WERE RECORDED IN TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $598 MILLION OR 35%); AND CORK AND WOOD MANUFACTURES
(BY $243 MILLION OR 14%).
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION OF HONG KONG'S EXPORTS TO CHINA (INCLUDING RE-EXPORTS AND DOMESTIC EXPORTS) ARE RELATED TO OUTWARD PROCESSING, AS RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURED GOODS ARE EXPORTED TO CHINA FOR PROCESSING AND THE FINAL PRODUCTS ARE SUBSEQUENTLY RETURNED TO HONG KONG.
RE-EXPORTS TO THE USA IN 1991 INCREASED BY $23,050 MILLION 26% OVER 1990.
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VALUE то OR 67%); CARRIAGES,
22%) AND
COMMODITIES WITH SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN RE-EXPORT THIS MARKET INCLUDED FOOTWEAR (BY $6,053 MILLION MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $5,410 MILLION OR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS EQUIPMENT (BY $3,036 MILLION OR 35%).
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN FISH, CRUSTACEANS MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF (BY $172 MILLION OR 20%) METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $31 MILLION OR 51%).
COMPARING WITH 1990, RE-EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC GERMANY IN 1991 INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY BY $8,667 MILLION OR 37%.
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