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OVER THE SAME PERIOD, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED FOR CLOTHING (BY $1,615 MILLION OR 15%); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING OF MAINLY PRINTED MATTER (BY $579 MILLION OR 18%); AND PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT
SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $260 MILLION
9.7%).
THE VALUE OF IMPORTS IN FEBRUARY 1993 WAS $82,848 MILLION, INCREASE OF 22% OVER THAT IN FEBRUARY 1992.
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THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
COMPARING FEBRUARY 1993 WITH FEBRUARY 1992, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ALL THE MAJOR SUPPLIERS: SINGAPORE (+36%), THE UNITED STATES (+30%), GERMANY (+26%), MALAYSIA (+25%), JAPAN (+24%), ITALY (+22%), TAIWAN (+20%), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+17%), CHINA (+16%) AND THE UNITED KINGDOM (+12%).
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COMPARING THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 1993 WITH THE SAME PERIOD 1992, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ALL THE MAJOR SUPPLIERS INCREASED: MALAYSIA (+30%), THE UNITED STATES (+28%), GERMANY (+27%), SINGAPORE (+26%), ITALY (+22%), TAIWAN (+20%), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+17%), JAPAN (+16%), CHINA (+12%) AND THE UNITED KINGDOM (+8.6%).
THE VALUE OF IMPORTS IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 1993 WAS $146,199 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF 18% OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992.
TABLE 4 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
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COMPARING THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 1993 WITH THE SAME PERIOD 1992, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF ALL MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
MORE NOTABLE INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $3,850 MILLION OR 33%); ROAD VEHICLES (BY $3,239 MILLION OR 76%); FOOTWEAR (BY $1,795 MILLION OR 41%); TEXTILES ($1,665 MILLION OR 15%); AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1,214 MILLION OR 12%).
THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS IN FEBRUARY 1993, AT $61,564 MILLION, RECORDED A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE OF 25% OVER FEBRUARY 1992.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS TO MAJOR COUNTRIES OF DESTINATION ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 5.
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COMPARING FEBRUARY 1993 WITH FEBRUARY 1992, THE VALUE EXPORTS TO CHINA, SINGAPORE AND THE UNITED KINGDOM INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 56%, 34% AND 27% RESPECTIVELY.
THAT TO GERMANY, THE UNITED STATES, FRANCE, JAPAN, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND CANADA ALSO INCREASED, BY 13%, 10%, 6.6%, 6.2%, 3.5% AND 1.0% RESPECTIVELY.
HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN DECREASED BY 2.2%.
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