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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1993
COMPARING 1992 WITH 1991, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, CHINA, THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, JAPAN, FRANCE AND SINGAPORE INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 10.4%, 38.3%, 34.0%, 30.6%, 26.7%, 22.1% AND 14.7% RESPECTIVELY. THAT TO TAIWAN AND GERMANY ALSO INCREASED, BY 5.6% AND 3.2% RESPECTIVELY.
HOWEVER, OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS ΤΟ
THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA DECREASED BY 7.1%
COMPARING DECEMBER 1902 WITH DECEMBER 1991, THE VALUE OF RE- EXPORT'S TO CHINA, THE UNITED KINGDOM, SINGAPORE AND FRANCE INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 39.5%, 31.1%, 29.3% AND 21.8% RESPECTIVELY.
THAT TO CANADA, GERMANY, THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN ALSO INCREASED, BY 14.6%, 14.2%, 12.2% AND 5.5% RESPECTIVELY.
HOWEVER, OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA DECREASED, RY 7.5% AND 1.1%
RESPECTIVELY.
TABLE 6 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS OF THE
10 MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
COMPARING 1992 WITH 1991, INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE- EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING OF MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS
(BY $25,398MILLION OR 35.3%); CLOTHING (BY $14,519 MILLION OR 22.8%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $12,681 MILLION OR 30.9%); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $10,684 MILLION 23.7%); FOOTWEAR (BY $10,375 MILLION OR 41.6%); AND TEXTILES (BY $9,584 MILLION OR 16.5%).
OR
ALL. THE TRADE STATISTICS DESCRIBED HERE ARE MEASURED AT CURRENT PRICES AND NO ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TAKEN OF THE CHANGES IN PRICES BETWEEN THE PERIODS OF COMPARISON.
A SEPARATE ANALYSIS OF THE VOLUME AND PRICE MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE FOR DECEMBER 1992 WILL BE RELEASED IN EARLY MARCH.
DETAILED TRADE STATISTICS ANALYSED BY COMMODITY AND BY COUNTRY ARE PUBLISHED IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.
THE DECEMBER 1992 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE" WITH DETAILED ANALYSES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE IN DECEMBER AND THE WHOLE YEAR OF 1992 WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT $52 A COPY AROUND FEBRUARY 22.
THE
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