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TABLE 4 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
1991,
REGISTERED
COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992 WITH THE SAME QUARTER IN
INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE
FOR MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $4,130 MILLION OR 40%); MILLION CLOTHING (BY $3,276 MILLION OR 25%); ROAD VEHICLES (BY $3,240 OR 101%); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2,984 MILLION OR 24%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF $2,069 MILLION OR 12%); AND TEXTILES (BY $1,600 MILLION OR 9%).
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HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE RECORDED PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $1,694 MILLION OR 38%) AND OTHER TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (BY $800 MILLION OR 65%).
CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 5.
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COMPARING MARCH 1992 WITH MARCH 1991, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO ALL MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED: THE UNITED STATES (BY 81%), ITALY 79%), FRANCE (BY 57%), CHINA (BY 55%), TAIWAN (BY 54%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (BY 52%), JAPAN (BY 35%), SINGAPORE (BY 33%), THE REPUBLIC KOREA (BY 8%) AND GERMANY (BY 6%).
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COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992 WITH THE SAME QUARTER IN
1991, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE UNITED STATES, CHINA, ITALY, FRANCE, THE UNITED KINGDOM, JAPAN AND SINGAPORE INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 50%, 42%, 42%, 38%, 30%, 24% AND 18% RESPECTIVELY.
THOSE TO TAIWAN AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA ALSO INCREASED, BY 9% AND 2% RESPECTIVELY.
HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO GERMANY DECREASED BY 6%.
TABLE 6 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992 WITH THE SAME QUARTER IN 1991, INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE
FOR REGISTERED MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $6,326 MILLION OR 55%); CLOTHING (BY $3,305 MILLION OR 25%); FOOTWEAR (BY $2,697 MILLION OR 56%); PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $2,468 MILLION OR 65%); AND TEXTILES (BY $1,703 MILLION OR 16%).
HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE RECORDED TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $242 MILLION OR 11%); BEVERAGES (BY $135 MILLION OR 23%).
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JANUARY THIS YEAR, THE THIRD REVISION OF THE STANDARD INTERNATIONAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION (SITC REV. 3) HAS BEEN ADOPTED HONG KONG IN PLACE OF THE SECOND REVISION FOR THE CLASSIFICATION TRADE STATISTICS BY COMMODITY.
1991 SYSTEM.
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HERE
ACHIEVE COMPARABILITY, THE COMMODITY TRADE
HAVE BEEN RE-CLASSIFIED ACCORDING
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