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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1990

THOSE FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,

ITALY, SINGAPORE,

THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, JAPAN, TAIWAN, CHINA, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE USA INCREASED BY 21 PER CENT, 19 PER CENT, 17 PER CENT, 17 PER CENT, 16 PER CENT, 16 PER CENT, 14 PER CENT, 13 PER CENT AND 6 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

COMPARING JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ALL MAJOR SUPPLIERS. THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM CHINA, SWITZERLAND AND THE USA INCREASED BY 17 PER CENT, 15 PER CENT AND 11 PER CENT

RESPECTIVELY.

THOSE FROM SINGAPORE, TAIWAN, ITALY, THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, JAPAN AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT, 6 PER CENT, 4 PER CENT, 3 PER CENT, 2 PER CENT, 1 PER CENT AND 1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

TABLE 4 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

COMPARING JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989, CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE RECORDED

IN CLOTHING (BY $6,394 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $5,899 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $5,631 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT); AND TEXTILES (BY $2,082 MILLION OR 4 PER CENT).

FOR

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE REGISTERED IRON AND STEEL (BY $1,627 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT), AND TEXTILE FIBRES AND THEIR WASTES (BY $1,449 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT).

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 ALL THE MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED IN VALUE TERMS IN SEPTEMBER 1990 OVER SEPTEMBER 1989.

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, FRANCE, TAIWAN AND THE UNITED KINGDOM, BY 71 PER CENT, 45 PER CENT, 37 PER CENT AND 22 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

THOSE ΤΟ CANADA, CHINA, THE USA, SINGAPORE, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND JAPAN INCREASED BY 13 PER CENT, 11 PER CENT, 9 PER CENT, 7 PER CENT, 5 PER CENT AND 4 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

COMPARING JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1990 OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, FRANCE, THE UNITED KINGDOM, TAIWAN, CANADA, THE USA AND SINGAPORE INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 57 PER CENT, 35 PER CENT, 27 PER CENT,

CENT, 25 PER CENT, 23 PER CENT AND 17 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

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