11
THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1993
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, A DECREASE IN THE VALUE OF RECORDED FOR TEXTILES (BY $2,081 MILLION OR 4.1%).
IMPORTS WAS
ALL THE TRADE STATISTICS DESCRIBED HERE ARE MEASURED AT CURRENT BETWEEN PRICES AND NO ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TAKEN OF THE CHANGES IN PRICES THE PERIODS OF COMPARISON.
A
SEPARATE
ANALYSIS OF THE VOLUME
AND
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MOVEMENTS
OF
EXTERNAL TRADE FOR JUNE 1993 WILL BE RELEASED IN EARLY SEPTEMBER.
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BY ANALYSED
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THE
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BY
WITH
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TABLE 1: RE-EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR DESTINATIONS
DESTINATION
JUN 1993
(HK$ MN)
(% CHANGE}
JUN 93 OVER JUN 92
(HK$ MN)
JAN-JUN 93 OVER JAN-JUN 92 (X CHANGE)
JAN-JUN
1993
CHINA
23,520
+ 28.4
129,354
+ 35.9
UNITED STATES
15,103
+ 12.4
78,080
+ 22.2
JAPAN
3,199
+ 16.7
18,724
+ 14. 7
GERMANY
3,203
+ 16.
8
18,275
+ 22.2
TAIWAN
1,669
-
19.
0
10.846
18.1
UNITED KINGDOM
2,034
+ 16.2
10,226
+ 24.1
SINGAPORE
1.362
+
17.
1
8,102
+ 25.5
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
1,105
1.3
7.160
+ 3.9
FRANCE
1,018
+ 10.7
6,192
+ 18.8
CANADA
1,060
2.9
5,670
+ 10.2
/TABLE 2