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THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1990

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RECORDED GERMANY,

THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO ALL MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED IN VALUE

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE TERMS IN MAY 1990 OVER MAY 1989.

REPUBLIC OF FOR THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL TAIWAN, FRANCE, SINGAPORE, CANADA, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE USA, 65 PER CENT, 52 PER CENT, 50 PER CENT, 48 PER CENT, 40 PER PER CENT AND 34 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

10 PER

CENT

BY

CENT, 34

INCREASED

AND 5

PER CENT

THOSE TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, JAPAN AND CHINA ALSO

TERMS VALUE RESPECTIVELY.

IN

BY 10 PER

CENT,

COMPARING JANUARY TO MAY 1990 OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN EXPORTS

THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, FRANCE, CANADA USA INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN VALUE TERMS, BY 53 PER CENT, CENT, 30 PER CENT AND 29 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

1989, RE- AND THE

36

PER

RE-EXPORTS CENT,

TO

24

INCREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED FOR THE VALUE OF TAIWAN, SINGAPORE, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND JAPAN, BY 25 PER PER CENT, 22 PER CENT AND 5 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

HOWEVER, THOSE TO CHINA AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA DECREASED VALUE TERMS BY 7 PER CENT AND 2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

IN

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

OF

IN 1989, COMPARING JANUARY TO MAY 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $5,115 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT); CLOTHING (BY $3,568 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2,589 OR 7 PER MILLION OR 26 PER CENT); AND TEXTILES (BY $1,139 MILLION CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE RECORDED FOR PER CENT), TEXTILE FIBRES AND THEIR WASTES (BY $1,139 MILLION OR 47

MILLION AND MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES (BY $894 OR 23 PER CENT).

AT CURRENT ALL TRADE STATISTICS DESCRIBED HERE ARE MEASURED

BETWEEN PRICES AND NO ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TAKEN OF THE CHANGES IN PRICES

THE PRICE AND A SEPARATE ANALYSIS OF THE PERIODS OF COMPARISON.

EARLY VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN MAY 1990 WILL BE RELEASED NEXT MONTH.

DETAILED STATISTICS ON TRADE VALUE BY COMMODITY AND BY ARE PUBLISHED IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.

COUNTRY

TRADE" EXTERNAL

WITH

THE MAY 1990 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG DETAILED ANALYSES ON IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN MAY 1990 WILL GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS ON SALE AROUND JULY 16 AT THE AVAILABLE

GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AT $27

BE

CENTRE,

PER COPY.

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