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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1988

IMPORTS

PER CENT ΤΟ THUS, THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 30

BY INCREASED

31 PER CENT ΤΟ $396,015 MILLION.

$400,389

MILLION.

COMPARING JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1988 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1987, DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO MOST MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED IN VALUE TERMS.

IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS THE MARKETS WITH MORE SIGNIFICANT GROWTH INCLUDED CHINA

CENT), THE (+37

CENT), PER

SINGAPORE (+37 PER

CENT), JAPAN NETHERLANDS (+26 PER CENT), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+22 PER

PER CENT) AND (+17 PER CENT), FRANCE (+14 PER CENT), AUSTRALIA (+12 THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (+10 PER CENT).

HONG KONG'S LARGEST

HOWEVER, DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A., DOMESTIC EXPORT MARKET, DECREASED BY 3 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS.

SUPPLIERS

FROM ALL MAJOR IMPORTS IN JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1988

IN 1987. INCREASED IN VALUE TERMS WHEN COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD

THE REPUBLIC OF SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN IMPORTS FROM

CENT), TAIWAN (+31 PER KOREA (+56 PER CENT), THE U.S.A. CENT), CHINA (+31 PER CENT) AND JAPAN (+27 PER CENT).

PER (+32

AUSTRALIA

THE

INCREASED CENT

DURING THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, CHINA AND SUBSTANTIALLY IN VALUE TERMS BY 90 PER CENT, 58 PER CENT, 57 PER AND 51 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

NOTABLE INCREASES

WERE

CENT), TAIWAN (+46

ALSO RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF THE U.S.A. (+47 PER RE-EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM (+48 PER CENT) +

PER

SINGAPORE (+35 CENT),

PER

AND CENT)

THE

REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+34 PER CENT),

ARE MEASURED AT CURRENT

ALL TRADE STATISTICS PRESENTED HERE PRICES AND NO ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TAKEN OF THE CHANGES IN PRICES THE PERIODS OF COMPARISON.

BETWEEN

A SEPARATE ANALYSIS

OF THE

PRICE AND VOLUME

MOVEMENTS

OF

EXTERNAL TRADE IN OCTOBER 1988 WILL BE RELEASED IN EARLY JANUARY 1989.

THE CHANGES IN

DOMESTIC

EXPORTS

TO HONG

KONG'S TEN

MAJOR

MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

COMPARING JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1988 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1987, WERE RECORDED IN MOST INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN VALUE TERMS MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

AUTOMATIC DATA

PHOTOGRAPHIC WATCHES AND

THE MORE NOTABLE ONES WERE OFFICE MACHINES AND PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $3,814 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT); SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS. APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND

OR 23 PER CLOCKS (BY $2,917 MILLION

CENT); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES

(BY $2,533 AND SOUND RECORDING MILLION OR 21 PER CENT); AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

16 PER AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1,950 MILLION OR CENT).

/DOMESTIC EXPORTS