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MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1992
COMPARING THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF THIS YEAR WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA, SINGAPORE, THE UNITED STATES, CANADA AND TAIWAN INCREASED BY 16%, 13%, 8%, 7% AND 6%
RESPECTIVELY.
HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO GERMANY, FRANCE, THE NETHERLANDS, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND JAPAN DECREASED, BY 25%, 17%, 10%, 10% AND 4% RESPECTIVELY.
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TABLE 2 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF THE 10 MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
COMPARING THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF 1992 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1991, INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $1,651 MILLION OR 4%); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES (BY $1,077 MILLION OR 9%); AND MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES (BY $495 MILLION OR 31%),
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HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS RECORDED FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1,943 MILLION OR 19%); AND PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $1,037 MILLION OR 8%).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.
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COMPARING AUGUST 1992 WITH AUGUST 1991, INCREASES WERE RECORDED THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ALL THE MAJOR SUPPLIERS: ITALY (+46%), MALAYSIA (+25%), JAPAN (+24%), GERMANY (+21%), CHINA (+19%), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+19%), SINGAPORE (+19%), TAIWAN (+16%), THE UNITED STATES (+11%) AND THE UNITED KINGDOM (+8%).
COMPARING THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF THIS YEAR WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, THE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE MAJOR SUPPLIERS WERE: GERMANY (+29%), JAPAN (+28%), MALAYSIA (+28%), ITALY (+27%), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+27%), CHINA (+24%), SINGAPORE (+20%), TAIWAN (+18%), THE UNITED STATES (+14%) AND THE UNITED KINGDOM (+14%).
TABLE 4 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF THE 10 MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
COMPARING THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF 1992 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1991, INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING OF MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $10,768 MILLION OR 31%); CLOTHING (BY $9,894 MILLION OR 25%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $9,787 MILLION OR 20%); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $8,223 MILLION OR 22%); AND TEXTILES (BY $7,301 MILLION OR 12%).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS TO THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF DESTINATION ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 5.
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