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FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1994
THE SCOPE OF THE SURVEY HAS BEEN EXTENDED AS FROM THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1989 SO AS TO SEGREGATE HONG KONG'S IMPORTS FROM CHINA INTO THOSE WHICH ARE RELATED TO OUTWARD PROCESSING AND THOSE WHICH ARE NOT.
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 FOURTH QUARTER AND THE WHOLE YEAR OF 1993 ARE NOW AVAILABLE.
IN VALUE TERMS, $43,573 MILLION OF HONG KONG'S TOTAL EXPORTS TO CHINA IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1993 WERE FOR OUTWARD PROCESSING, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 14% OVER THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1992.
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THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA FOR OUTWARD PROCESSING DECREASED BY 1% TO $11,899 MILLION WHILST THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS CHINA FOR OUTWARD PROCESSING GREW BY 21% TO $31,674 MILLION.
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OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS CHINA RELATED ΤΟ OUTWARD PROCESSING INCREASED BY 15% TO $83,476 MILLION.
ON THE OTHER HAND, $99,378 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 1993, $160,178 MILLION OF HONG KONG'S TOTAL EXPORTS TO CHINA WERE FOR OUTWARD PROCESSING, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 13% OVER 1992.
THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ΤΟ CHINA FOR OUTWARD PROCESSING GREW BY 2% TO $45,141 MILLION AND 18% TO $115,037 MILLION RESPECTIVELY.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM CHINA RELATED TO OUTWARD PROCESSING INCREASED BY 16% ΤΟ $295,203 MILLION,
ON THE OTHER HAND, $364,536 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 22%.
THE ESTIMATES FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER AND THE WHOLE YEAR OF 1993 AND THE CORRESPONDING CHANGES OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992 ARE SUMMARISED IN THE FOLLOWING TABLE:-
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