MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1992
HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1,720 MILLION OR 19%); AND PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS
(BY $838 MILLION OR 7%).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.
THE
COMPARING JULY 1992 WITH JULY 1991, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE MAJOR SUPPLIERS: JAPAN (+34%), ITALY (+30%), SINGAPORE (+29%), GERMANY (+27%), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
(+25%),
CHINA (+22%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+20%), MALAYSIA (+20%), THE UNITED STATES (+17%) AND TAIWAN (+14%).
COMPARING THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF 1992 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1991, THE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE MAJOR SUPPLIERS WERE: GERMANY (+31%), JAPAN (+29%), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+28%), MALAYSIA
CHINA (+24%), ITALY (+24%), SINGAPORE (+20%), TAIWAN (+18%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+15%) AND THE UNITED STATES (+15%).
(+28%),
TABLE 4 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF THE 10 MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
COMPARING THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF 1992 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1991, INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES OF MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $9,652 MILLION OR 33%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $8,834 MILLION OR 21%); CLOTHING (BY $7,980 MILLION OR 23%); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $7,271 MILLION OR 22%); AND TEXTILES (BY $7,193 MILLION OR 14%).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR COUNTRIES OF DESTINATION ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 5.
COMPARING JULY 1992 WITH JULY 1991, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS то JAPAN, THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE UNITED STATES, CHINA, CANADA AND FRANCE INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 39%, 35%, 32%, 28%, 20% AND 18%
RESPECTIVELY.
THAT TO SINGAPORE, TAIWAN AND GERMANY ALSO INCREASED, BY 12%, 11% AND 3% RESPECTIVELY.
HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA DECREASED BY 21%.
PERIOD CHINA,
COMPARING THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF 1992 WITH THE SAME IN 1991, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, THE UNITED KINGDOM, JAPAN AND FRANCE INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 44%, 40%, 39%, 37%, 28% AND 23% RESPECTIVELY.
THAT ΤΟ SINGAPORE AND TAIWAN ALSO INCREASED, BY 16% AND 12% RESPECTIVELY.
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