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Other main origins of Hong Kong's re-exports in 1996 included Japan (accounting for 11%), Taiwan (6.9%), the United States (5.2%) and South Korea (3.2%).
The main destinations in 1996, besides China, included the United States (accounting for 20%), Japan (6.8%), Germany (4.0%) and the United Kingdom (3.0%).
Table 1 shows the changes in the value of re-exports from the ten main origins in 1996 compared with 1995.
Comparing 1996 with 1995, increases of various magnitudes were recorded in the value of re-exports from most main origins: Malaysia (+27%), Singapore (+17%), the United Kingdom (+16%), Italy (+16%), the United States (+12%), Germany (+10%) and China (+7.4%). A slight increase of 1.2% in the value of re-exports originating in South Korea was also recorded. However, slight decreases of 1.4% and 0.9% were recorded in the value of re-exports originating in Taiwan and Japan respectively.
Of the value of re-exports originating in China in 1996, 33% went to the United States, 10% to Japan and 6.5% to Germany.
For goods of Japan origin, 73% of the value of re-exports through Hong Kong in 1996 went to China, 4.1% to the United States and 3.2% to South Korea.
For re-exports originating in Taiwan, an overwhelming proportion (92% of the value in 1996) went to China.
As regards re-exports originating in the United States, 73% of the value in 1996 were shipped to China, 3.9% to Taiwan and 2.7% to South Korea.
Table 2 shows the changes in the value of re-exports to the ten main destinations.
Comparing 1996 with 1995, increases of various magnitudes were recorded in the value of re-exports to most main destinations: Japan (+14%), the United Kingdom (+12%), the Netherlands (+9.3%), Singapore (+9.1%), China (+8.8%), France (+7.9%), the United States (+4.9%), South Korea (+4.1%) and Germany (+3.2%). However, a decrease of 4.0% was recorded in the value of re-exports to Taiwan.