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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1987

U.S.

ALL

PER

ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM

THE MAJOR SUPPLIERS INCREASED, ESPECIALLY THOSE FROM

(+58 CENT), SINGAPORE (+49 PER CENT), CHINA (+42 PER CENT), TAIWAN (+38 PER CENT) AND ITALY (+35 PER CENT).

KINGDOM, THE

UNITED RE-EXPORTS TO THE

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF VALUE GERMANY, AUSTRALIA, TAIWAN AND CHINA INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN TERMS BY 125 PER CENT, 114 PER CENT, 67 PER CENT, 55 PER CENT PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE IN JANUARY TO JULY 1987, AT $406,616 THE MILLION, INCREASED BY 40 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS AS COMPARED WITH SAME PERIOD IN 1986.

EXPORTS ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC

BY INCREASED

32 PER CENT TO $104,740

WHILE MILLION

RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 52 PER CENT TO $96,425 MILLION. THUS, THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 40 PER CENT ΤΟ $201,165 MILLION. IMPORTS INCREASED IN VALUE TERMS BY 39 PER CENT TO $205,451 MILLION.

PERIOD IN COMPARING JANUARY TO JULY 1987 WITH THE SAME DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO ALL MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED IN VALUE TERMS.

1986,

THE MARKETS WITH THE FASTEST GROWTH IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS THE NETHERLANDS INCLUDED JAPAN (+71 PER CENT), CHINA (+67 PER CENT),

AND THE (+59 PER CENT), FRANCE (+43 PER CENT)

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF CENT). DOMESTIC EXPORTS GERMANY (+42 PER

TO HONG KONG'S LARGEST MARKET, THE U.S GREW BY 17 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS.

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MAJOR SUPPLIERS PERIOD IN

IMPORTS IN JANUARY TO JULY 1987 FROM ALL

TERMS WHEN COMPARED WITH THE SAME INCREASED IN VALUE 1986. SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN IMPORTS FROM THE REPUBLIC

CENT), CHINA (+48 OF KOREA (+65 PER

PER

TAIWAN CENT), CENT), ITALY (+44 PER CENT) AND THE U.S. (+36 PER CENT),

+1

(+45 PER

THE UNITED THE REPUBLIC OF TERMS BY 108 PER PER CENT AND 58 PER CENT

OF COMPARISON,

ΤΟ RE-EXPORTS ON THE SAME BASIS KINGDOM, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE U.S. KOREA AND TAIWAN INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN VALUE

61 PER CENT, 59 CENT, 101 PER CENT, RESPECTIVELY.

CURRENT BETWEEN PRICE AND BE RELEASED IN

ARE MEASURED AT ALL TRADE STATISTICS PRESENTED HERE PRICES AND NO ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TAKEN OF THE CHANGES IN PRICES

A SEPARATE ANALYSIS OF THE THE PERIODS OF COMPARISON. VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN JULY 1987 WILL EARLY OCTOBER 1987.

THE CHANGES

IN DOMESTIC

EXPORTS TO

HONG KONG'S

10

MAJOR

MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

/COMPARING JANUARY