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MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1993
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HK'S EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS FOR OCTOBER RELEASED
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(MONDAY) RELEASED
BY
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY
TRADE WITH BREAKDOWN DETAILED STATISTICS ON EXTERNAL COUNTRY/TERRITORY AND COMMODITY FOR OCTOBER 1993.
OF
1993, AT $76,697 MILLION, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS IN OCTOBER
THE VALUE SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 13% OVER OCTOBER 1992, WHEREAS DOMESTIC EXPORTS AT $19,665 MILLION DECREASED BY 10%.
OF
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE RE-EXPORTS TO
(+24%), MOST
MAJOR DESTINATIONS: SINGAPORE OF THE
CHINA (+19%), JAPAN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+21%), (+22%),
FRANCE THE UNITED STATES (+15%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+9.6%), (+9.3%) AND CANADA (+2.8%).
GERMANY (+16%),
HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN DECREASED BY 17%.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS TO MAJOR DESTINATIONS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
THE 10
THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS IN THE FIRST 10 MONTHS $677,099 MILLION, BEING 20% HIGHER THAN THAT IN THE SAME 1992.
OF 1993 WAS PERIOD IN
1992,
IN COMPARING THE FIRST 10 MONTHS OF 1993 WITH THE SAME PERIOD
MOST OF INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO
(+26%), SINGAPORE
GERMANY THE MAJOR DESTINATIONS : CHINA (+33%),
THE UNITED KINGDOM (+19%), STATES (+21%), (+23%), THE UNITED
KOREA FRANCE (+18%), JAPAN (+17%), CANADA (+14%) AND THE REPUBLIC OF (+12%).
HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN DECREASED BY 16%.
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
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PERIOD IN MAJOR
COMPARING THE FIRST 10 MONTHS OF 1993 WITH THE SAME 1992, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS OF ALL COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
(BY
AND
31%);
PARTS
OR
VEHICLES MORE NOTABLE INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ROAD $14,854 MILLION OR 117%); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING
OR MILLION REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $13,868 ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL THEREOF (BY $12,488 MILLION OR 29%); FOOTWEAR (BY $10,322 MILLION
MAINLY BABY 36%); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING OF CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $10,149 MILLION OR 12%); CLOTHING (BY $9,733 MILLION OR 15%); AND TEXTILES (BY $2,242 OR 4.0%).
THE VALUE OF
DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN OCTOBER MILLION, FELL BY 10% OVER OCTOBER 1992.
MILLION
AT 1993,
$19,665
/DECREASES WERE