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THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1989

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON,

PER CENT TO $48,226 MILLION.

IMPORTS INCREASED BY 41

COMPARING NOVEMBER 1988 WITH NOVEMBER 1987, SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA (+48 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (+39 PER CENT), JAPAN (+29 PER CENT) AND THE NETHERLANDS ( +29 PER CENT),

THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO AUSTRALIA, THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE U.S.A. AND CANADA ALSO INCREASED, BY 19 PER CENT, 16 PER CENT, 14 PER CENT AND 14 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY GREW BY ONLY 1 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS.

IMPORTS FROM ALL MAJOR SUPPLIERS INCREASED IN VALUE TERMS IN NOVEMBER 1988 OVER NOVEMBER 1987, PARTICULARLY THOSE FROM THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+69 PER CENT), JAPAN (+47 PER CENT), CHINA (+45 PER CENT) AND TAIWAN (+41 PER CENT),

ITALY

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THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE U.S.A.,

AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY ALSO INCREASED BY 34 PER CENT, 33 PER CENT AND PER CENT RESPECTIVELY,

RE-EXPORTS TO THE

U.S.A.. AUSTRALIA, CHINA AND THE UNITED

KINGDOM INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN VALUE TERMS OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, BY 89 PER CENT, 79 PER CENT, 73 PER CENT AND 61 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, TAIWAN AND SINGAPORE ALSO INCREASED, ALL. BY 38 PER CENT,

TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE IN JANUARY ΤΟ NOVEMBER

1988, AT $892,388 MILLION, INCREASED BY 31 PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1987.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY 11 PER CENT TO $196,491 MILLION, WHILE RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 51 PER CENT TO $247,282 MILLION. THUS, THE VALUE TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 30 PER CENT TO $443,773 MILLION.

IMPORTS INCREASED BY 32 PER CENT TO $448,615 MILLJON.

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

THE MARKETS WITH MORE SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCLUDED CHINA (+38 PER CENT). SINGAPORE (+37 PER CENT), THE NETHERLANDS (+26 PER CENT), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+22 PER CENT), JAPAN (+19 PER CENT), AUSTRALIA (+13 PER CENT) AND FRANCE +12 PER CENT),

HOWEVER, DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A., HONG KONG'S LARGEST DOMESTIC EXPORT MARKET, DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS.

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