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THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO MOST OF THE MAJOR MARKETS IN VALUE TERMS IN JULY 1990 OVER JULY 1989.

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INCREASED

RE-EXPORTS

TAIWAN AND 29 PER CENT

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE, BY 60 PER CENT, 58 PER CENT, 31 PER CENT AND RESPECTIVELY.

ALSO INCREASED IN VALUE THOSE TO CANADA, THE USA AND CHINA

PER 4

CENT RESPECTIVELY. TERMS, BY 18 PER CENT, 17 PER CENT AND

AND JAPAN HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA DECREASED BY 11 PER CENT AND 5 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

IN 1989,

COMPARING JANUARY TO JULY 1990 OVER THE SAME PERIOD

FRANCE, THE UNITED RE-EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,

AND TAIWAN

SINGAPORE THE USA,

INCREASED KINGDOM, CANADA,

32 PER CENT, 27 PER SUBSTANTIALLY

VALUE TERMS, BY 53 PER CENT, 32 PER IN

PER CENT

19 AND

PER CENT CENT, 26

26 PER CENT, 25 CENT, RESPECTIVELY.

PER

THOSE TO

JAPAN

INCREASED

PER BY 2

CENT

IN VALUE

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA DECREASED BY 5 PER CENT AND 3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

TERMS. AND CHINA

TABLE 6 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS

MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

OF THE

IN 1989,

FOR

COMPARING JANUARY TO JULY 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED

MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $7,181 MILLION OR 35 PER MISCELLANEOUS CENT); CLOTHING (BY $5,669 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $3,816 OR 5 PER MILLION

26 PER CENT); AND TEXTILES (BY $1,106 MILLION CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE RECORDED FOR TEXTILE FIBRES AND THEIR WASTES (BY $1,523 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT) AND MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES (BY $941 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT).

ALL THE TRADE STATISTICS DESCRIBED HERE ARE MEASURED AT CURRENT BETWEEN PRICES AND NO ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TAKEN OF THE CHANGES IN PRICES THE PERIODS OF COMPARISON.

A

SEPARATE ANALYSIS

OF THE PRICE

AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN JULY 1990 WILL BE RELEASED IN EARLY OCTOBER 1990.

DETAILED STATISTICS ON TRADE VALUE BY COMMODITY AND BY ARE PUBLISHED IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS. THE JULY 1990 ISSUE OF THE EXPORTS "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE" WITH DETAILED ANALYSES ON IMPORTS,

BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AROUND IN JULY 1990 WILL AND RE-EXPORTS SEPTEMBER 14 AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $27 PER COPY.

BE ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT MAY

AT FRENCH MISSION DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT

ENQUIRIES BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG (TEL. NO. 842 8802) AND ON TRADE STATISTICS TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. 823 4915).

NO.

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