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The programme in Los Angeles continues tomorrow (Tuesday) with a business 'seminar organised by HKETO and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) in downtown Los Angeles.
Mrs Chan will give a keynote speech at the seminar luncheon.
Other activities for the day include the opening of the "Hong Kong Wonders Never Cease" exhibition at Universal Citywalk, organised by HKTDC, HKETO and the Television Broadcasts Ltd.
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External trade statistics for April
The Census and Statistics Department today (Tuesday) released detailed statistics on external trade with breakdown by country/territory and commodity for April 1996.
In April 1996, the value of re-exports registered a significant increase of 17% over a year earlier to $98.9 billion, while the value of domestic exports and imports also registered increases of 1.8% to $17.2 billion and 8.4% to $133 billion respectively.
Changes in the value of Hong Kong's re-exports to ten main destinations are shown in Table 1.
Comparing April 1996 with April 1995, the value of re-exports to all main destinations showed increases of various magnitudes Japan (+27%), Singapore (+24%), the United Kingdom (+23%), Germany (+23%), France (+20%), China (+19%), the Netherlands (+17%), South Korea (+12%), Taiwan (+8.8%) and the United States (+8.3%).
Comparing the first four months of 1996 with the same period in 1995, the value of re-exports to all main destinations showed increases of various magnitudes : Japan (+31%), France (+15%), the United Kingdom (+15%), China (+13%), Germany (+12%), Singapore (+12%), the Netherlands (+11%), South Korea (+5.6%), Taiwan (+1.6%) and the United States (+0.1%),