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THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO HONG KONG'S 10 MAJOR MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 5.

THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, FRANCE, TAIWAN, THE USA AND SINGAPORE INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN APRIL 1990 OVER APRIL 1989, BY 54 PER CENT, 28 PER CENT, 25 PER CENT, 25 PER CENT AND 22 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. THOSE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CANADA

10 PER ALSO INCREASED IN VALUE TERMS BY 15 PER CENT AND RESPECTIVELY.

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HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE AND JAPAN DECREASED BY 11 PER CENT, 8 PER RESPECTIVELY.

CHINA

USA

REPUBLIC OF KOREA, CENT AND 7 PER CENT

1989,

COMPARING JANUARY TO APRIL 1990 OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, FRANCE, CANADA AND THE

32 INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN VALUE TERMS, BY 49 PER CENT,

PER CENT, 27 PER CENT AND 27 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. INCREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED FOR THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, SINGAPORE, TAIWAN AND JAPAN, BY 19 PER CENT, 19 PER CENT, 18 PER CENT AND 4 CENT RESPECTIVELY.

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HOWEVER, THOSE TO CHINA AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA DECREASED VALUE TERMS BY 10 PER CENT AND 5 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

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TABLE 6 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

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COMPARING JANUARY TO APRIL 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989, CONSIDERABLE INCREASE IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WAS REGISTERED FOR MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $3,571 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT); CLOTHING (BY $2,624 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1,751 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT); AND TEXTILES (BY $687 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A DECREASE IN THE VALUE OF RECORDED FOR TEXTILE FIBRES AND THEIR WASTES (BY $940 PER CENT), AND MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR $762 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT).

MILLION OR 5 RE-EXPORTS WAS MILLION OR 48 INDUSTRIES (BY

ALL TRADE STATISTICS DESCRIBED 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 AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN APRIL 1990 WILL BE RELEASED IN EARLY JULY 1990.

DETAILED STATISTICS ON TRADE VALUE BY COMMODITY AND BY COUNTRY ARE PUBLISHED IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS. THE APRIL 1990 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE" WITH DETAILED ANALYSES ON IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN APRIL 1990 WILL BE AVAILABLE ON SALE AROUND JUNE 15 AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AT $27 PER COPY.

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ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT MAY DIRECTED ΤΟ THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT FRENCH MISSION BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG (TEL. NO. 842 8802) AND ENQUIRIES ON TRADE STATISTICS TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. 823 4915).

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