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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1988

HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS FOR OCTOBER

AT TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE IN OCTOBER 1988,

MILLION, $92,482 CENT IN VALUE GREW BY 32 PER

TERMS COMPARED WITH

1987, OCTOBER OF TRADE FOR THE MONTH ACCORDING TO THE DETAILED FIGURES ON VALUE RELEASED TODAY (SUNDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY 10 PER CENT

ΤΟ

TO $20,006 MILLION BY 56 PER CENT

$26,627 IN OCTOBER 1988, WHILE RE-EXPORTS ROSE

MILLION, MILLION, THUS BRINGING TOTAL EXPORTS IN OCTOBER TO $46,694 WHICH REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF 32 PER CENT OVER OCTOBER 1987.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON,

IMPORTS

INCREASED BY 32

PER CENT TO $45,788 MILLION.

1987, SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH

COMPARING OCTOBER 1988 WITH OCTOBER WAS RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA (+44 PER CENT), THE NETHERLANDS (+39 PER CENT) AND SINGAPORE (+38 PER CENT).

UNITED KINGDOM

THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN AND THE ALSO INCREASED, BY 28 PER CENT AND 23 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF HOWEVER, DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO FRANCE, THE

PER GERMANY AND THE U.S.A. DECREASED BY 2 PER CENT, 1 PER CENT AND 1 CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VALUE TERMS.

TERMS IN THE REPUBLIC

IMPORTS FROM MOST MAJOR SUPPLIERS INCREASED IN VALUE OCTOBER 1988 OVER OCTOBER 1987, PARTICULARLY THOSE FROM OF KOREA (+61 PER CENT) AND ITALY (+44 PER CENT).

THE U.S.A.

THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM CHINA, TAIWAN, JAPAN AND ALSO WENT UP BY 34 PER CENT, 33 PER CENT, 32 PER CENT AND 29 PER RESPECTIVELY.

THE KINGDOM,

CENT

U.S.A., CHINA,

RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN, THE UNITED

SUBSTANTIALLY THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND AUSTRALIA INCREASED

74 IN VALUE TERMS OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, BY 85 PER CENT,

58 PER CENT AND 53 PER CENT PER CENT, 69 PER CENT, 66 PER CENT, RESPECTIVELY.

THE

REPUBLIC PER CENT

THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE, TAIWAN AND OF KOREA ALSO INCREASED, BY 36 PER CENT, 30 PER CENT AND 29 RESPECTIVELY.

TRADE

IN

то JANUARY

OCTOBER

MERCHANDISE TOTAL $796,404 MILLION, INCREASED BY 30 PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH PERIOD IN 1987.

1988,

AT

THE SAME

OF

PER CENT

THE COMPARISON,

OF ΤΟ $176,439 MILLION,

VALUE

DOMESTIC WHILE

OVER THE SAME PERIOD

INCREASED BY EXPORTS

11 RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 50 PER CENT TO $219,575 MILLION.

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