THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1993
PER CAPITA EARNINGS COVER COMPANY EMPLOYEES ONLY; SITE WORKERS EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS ARE NOT INCLUDED.
NOTE TO TABLES 1
3 :
THE
WHICH ARE THE SURVEYED,
TOTAL SURVEYED IS
A THIS IS
UNLIKE "ORDERS-ON-HAND" AND "PER CAPITA EARNINGS" : AVERAGE FIGURES AMONGST
COMPANIES NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED BY THE COMPANIES MEANINGFUL INFORMATION ON ITS OWN (BECAUSE SURVEY) AND IS THEREFORE NOT SHOWN.
NOT PANEL
STATISTICS ON TRADE INVOLVING OUTWARD PROCESSING IN CHINA, THIRD QUARTER 1992
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IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1992, 54% OF HONG KONG'S TOTAL EXPORTS TO CHINA WERE FOR OUTWARD PROCESSING; THE FIGURE WAS 76% FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, AND 48% FOR RE-EXPORTS.
ON
THE OTHER HAND, 71% OF HONG KONG'S IMPORTS FROM CHINA WERE RELATED TO OUTWARD PROCESSING, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, 81% OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS OF CHINA ORIGIN (EXCEPT TO CHINA) WERE PRODUCED THROUGH OUTWARD PROCESSING IN CHINA.
THE CORRESPONDING PROPORTIONS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1991 WERE 57% FOR TOTAL EXPORTS TO CHINA, 77% FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA, 49% FOR RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA, 68% FOR IMPORTS FROM CHINA AND 76% FOR RE- EXPORTS OF CHINA ORIGIN (EXCEPT TO CHINA).
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IN JANUARY-SEPTEMBER 1992, 54% OF HONG KONG'S TOTAL EXPORTS CHINA WERE FOR OUTWARD PROCESSING; THE FIGURE WAS 75% FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, AND 48% FOR RE-EXPORTS.
ON
THE OTHER HAND, 71% OF HONG KONG'S IMPORTS FROM CHINA WERE RELATED TO OUTWARD PROCESSING.
ORIGIN CHINA.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, 79% OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS OF CHINA (EXCEPT TO CHINA) WERE PRODUCED THROUGH OUTWARD PROCESSING IN
THE CORRESPONDING PROPORTIONS IN JANUARY-SEPTEMBER 1991 WERE 57% FOR TOTAL EXPORTS TO CHINA, 77%. FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA, 49% FOR RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA, 66% FOR IMPORTS FROM CHINA AND 73% FOR RE- EXPORTS OF CHINA ORIGIN (EXCEPT TO CHINA).
THE DECREASES IN THE PROPORTION OF EXPORTS TO CHINA FOR OUTWARD PROCESSING AS
RECORDED IN JANUARY-SEPTEMBER 1992 REFLECT THAT HONG KONG'S EXPORTS FOR MEETING DOMESTIC DEMAND IN CHINA, VIZ. EXPORTS то CHINA NOT DESTINED FOR OUTWARD PROCESSING, INCREASED AT A FASTER PACE THAN OUTWARD PROCESSING TRADE DURING THE PERIOD.
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