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STARTING FROM THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1991, THE SCOPE OF THE SURVEY HAS FURTHER BEEN EXTENDED SO AS TO SEGREGATE HONG KONG'S RE- EXPORTS OF CHINA ORIGIN TO ALL COUNTRIES OTHER THAN CHINA WHICH ARE PRODUCED THROUGH OUTWARD PROCESSING IN CHINA AND THOSE WHICH ARE NOT.
THE RESULTS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER AND JANUARY-SEPTEMBER 1993 ARE NOW AVAILABLE.
IN VALUE TERMS, $41,117 MILLION OF HONG KONG'S TOTAL EXPORTS TO CHINA IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1993 WERE FOR OUTWARD PROCESSING, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 10% OVER THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1992.
PROCESSING
THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA FOR OUTWARD DECREASED BY 3% TO $11,678 MILLION WHILST THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS CHINA FOR OUTWARD PROCESSING GREW BY 15% TO $29,439 MILLION.
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FROM
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS CHINA RELATED TO OUTWARD PROCESSING INCREASED BY 20% TO $81,053 MILLION.
ON THE OTHER HAND, $104,150 MILLION OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS OF CHINA ORIGIN TO ALL COUNTRIES OTHER THAN CHINA WERE PRODUCED THROUGH OUTWARD PROCESSING IN CHINA, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 20%.
IN JANUARY-SEPTEMBER 1993, $116,605 MILLION OF HONG KONG'S TOTAL EXPORTS TO CHINA WERE FOR OUTWARD PROCESSING, REPRESENTING
AN INCREASE OF 13% OVER JANUARY-SEPTEMBER 1992.
THE VALUE OF
DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ΤΟ CHINA FOR OUTWARD PROCESSING GREW BY 3% TO $33,241 MILLION AND 17% TO $83,363 MILLION RESPECTIVELY.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE VALUE OF IMFORTS FRON CHINA RELATED то OUTWARD PROCESSING INCREASED BY 17% ΤΟ $211,726 MILLION.
RE-EXPORTS
ON THE OTHER HAND, $265, 158 MILLION OF HONG KONG'S OF CHINA ORIGIN TO ALL COUNTRIES OTHER THAN CHINA WERE PRODUCED THROUGH OUTWARD PROCESSING IN CHINA, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 22%.
THE ESTIMATES FOR THE THIRD QUARTER AND JANUARY-SEPTEMBER 1993 AND THE CORRESPONDING CHANGES OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992 ARE SUMMARISED IN THE FOLLOWING TABLE:
/ESTIMATED VALUE