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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1989

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

(+18 PER THE FEDERAL

THE MARKETS WITH MORE SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN INCLUDED CRINA (+26 PER CENT), JAPAN (+23 PER CENT), TAIWAN

HOWEVER, THOSE TO CENT) AND SINGAPORE (+17 PER CENT). REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND THE USA DECREASED BY 4 PER CENT AND 1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

FROM ALL MAJOR SUPPLIERS IN IMPORT'S

TO JULY 1989 JANUARY

SAME PERIOD IN 1988. INCREASED IN VALUE TERMS COMPARED WITH THE

(+39 PER INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN IMPORTS FROM ITALY SIGNIFICANT CENT), CHINA (+33 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (+32 PER CENT), TAIWAN (+26 PER CENT). THE USA (+17 PER CENT, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+15 PER CENT), JAPAN (+14 PER (+15 PER CENT) AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY ( CENT).

FEDERAL OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, RE-EXPORTS TO THE

AUSTRALIA, REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE USA, CANADA. JAPAN, CHINA AND SINGAPORE INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN VALUE TERMS, 63 PER CENT, 49 PER CENT, 48 PER CENT, 47 PER CENT, 47 PER PER CENT, 30 PER CENT AND 30 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

BY CENT, 38

AT CURRENT BETWEEN

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

A SEPARATE ANALYSIS OF THE PERIODS OF COMPARISON. VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN JULY 1989 WILL BE EARLY OCTOBER 1989.

THE PRICE AND RELEASED IN

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

1988, COMPARING JANUARY TO JULY 1989 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN NOTABLE INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY AND AUTOMATIC DATA $2,554 MILLION OR 7 PER CENT); OFFICE MACHINES

CENT); ARTIFICIAL PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $1,080 MILLION OR 15 PER RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $728 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT); AND TEXTILES (BY $645 MILLION OR 7 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $352 MILLION OR 2 PER CENT) AND FOOTWEAR (BY $127 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT).

TABLE 2 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

EXPORTS OF THE

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

ARE

IN 1988,

COMPARING JANUARY TO JULY 1989 WITH THE SAME PERIOD INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE RECORDED IN ALL MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

MILLION

OR 22 CENT);

AND

(BY

THE MORE NOTABLE ONES WERE TEXTILES (BY $7,603 MILLION

OR 42 PER $6,812 (BY PER CENT): CLOTHING

AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS

PER CENT); AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT (BY $6,657 MILLION OR 42 MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF $5,608 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT).

/HOWEVER, DECREASES