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MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1990

IN

HIGHER

THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS TO CHINA FOR OUTWARD PROCESSING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1990, AT $17,574 MILLION, WAS 14 PER CENT THAN THAT IN THE SAME QUARTER A YEAR AGO.

TO CHINA FOR

THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS

PROCESSING GREW BY 7 PER CENT TO $6,953 MILLION AND 19 OUTWARD CENT TO $10,621 MILLION RESPECTIVELY.

PER

CHANGES OVER

THE ESTIMATES FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1990 AND THE SAME QUARTER IN 1989 ARE SUMMARISED IN THE TABLE BELOW.

PROCESSING TRADE FOR RE-EXPORTS) TO

PROPORTIONS OF OUTWARD

ESTIMATED VALUES AND IMPORTS FROM CHINA AND EXPORTS (DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND CHINA, FIRST QUARTER OF 1990

TRADE TYPE

TOTAL

TRADE

VALUE

ESTIMATED VALUE

OF OUTWARD PROCESSING

TRADE

ESTIMATED PROPORTION OF OUTWARD PROCESSING

TRADE

15T

% CHANGE

1ST

% CHANGE

1ST

IST

QTR

OVER 1ST

QTR

OVER 1ST

QTR

QTR

1990

QTR 1989

1990

QTR 1989

1990

1989

(HKD MN. }

(%)

(HKD MN.}

(%)

(%)

(%)

IMPORTS FROM

45,674

+13.4

26,187

+11.1

57.3

58.5

CHINA

TOTAL EXPORTS 31,341

-

8.1

17,574

+14.0

56.1

45.2

TO CHINA

DOMESTIC

8,993

+ 0.1

6,953

+ 7.3

77.

3

72.1

EXPORTS TO CHINA

RE-EXPORTS

22,349

-11.1

10,621

+18.9

47.5

35.5

TO CHINA

* THESE VALUES EXCLUDE TRANSACTIONS NOT CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO KIND.

TO CHINA FOR OUTWARD

OF

RAW

MATERIALS

OR

FOR

WITH PROCESSING, RE-IMPORTED INTO

THE

HONG

PROCESSING

FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE SURVEY, EXPORTS

ΤΟ REFER

THE EXPORTING SEMI-MANUFACTURES FROM HONG KONG TO CHINA

SUBSEQUENTLY

RESULTING PROCESSED GOODS BEING

KONG.

/IMPORTS FROM