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TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1988

IN MARCH 1988, IMPORTS FROM ALL MAJOR SUPPLIERS INCREASED VALUK TERMS OVER MARCH 1987, ESPECIALLY THOSE FROM FRANCE (+52 CENT), SWITZERLAND (+50 PER CENT), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+44 CENT), THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (+40 PER CENT) AND THE ( +29 PER CENT).

IN

PER

PER USA

BETWEEN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1987 AND THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1988, RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE UNITED KINGDOM, AUSTRALIA AND TAIWAN INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN TERMS BY 86 PER CENT, 80 PER CENT, 59 PER CENT, 53

VALUE PER CENT AND 52 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

BETWEEN MARCH 1987 AND MARCH 1988, RE-EXPORTS ΤΟ JAPAN, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, TAIWAN, CHINA AND SINGAPORE INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN VALUE TERMS BY 80 PER CENT, 51 PER CENT, 46 PER CENT, 42 PER CENT AND 35 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY,

ALL TRADE STATISTICS PRESENTED HERE ARE MEASURED AT CURRENT PRICES AND NO ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TAKEN OF THE CHANGES IN PRICES BETWEEN THE PERIODS OF COMPARISON, A SEPARATE ANALYSIS OF THE PRICE VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN MARCH 1988 WILL BE EARLY JUNE.

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RELEASED

IN

THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO HONG KONG'S 10 MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

MAJOR

COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1988 WITH THE 1987, INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN VALUE TERMS ALL MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

SAME QUARTER WERE RECORDED

IN

IN

THE MORE NOTABLE ONES INCLUDED CLOTHING (BY $1, 025 MILLION 8 PER CENT); PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $964 MILLION OR 32 PER OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT ($855 OR 17 PER CENT); AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $605 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT).

OR

AND

CENT); MILLION APPLIANCES

CURRENT

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN ELECTRIC (BY 38 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT); AND TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS (BY $28 MILLION OR 8 PER CENT).

TABLE 2 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY DIVISION.

MAJOR

THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM HONG KONG'S 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.

ARE

/COMPARING THE