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THOSE ΤΟ JAPAN INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT, WHILE THOSE TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND CHINA DECREASED BY 4 PER CENT AND LESS THAN 0.5 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

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

COMPARING JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989, CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $9,633 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT); CLOTHING (BY $6,954 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $5,424 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT); AND TEXTILES (BY $1,471 MILLION OR 5 PER CENT).

IN

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE RECORDED TEXTILE FIBRES AND THEIR WASTES (BY $1,748 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT), AND MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES (BY $1,039 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT).

ALL THE 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 SEPTEMBER 1990 WILL BE RELEASED IN EARLY DECEMBER 1990.

ARE

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

THE SEPTEMBER 1990 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE" WITH DETAILED ANALYSES ON IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN SEPTEMBER 1990 WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AROUND NOVEMBER 20 AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE ON THE GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AT $27 PER COPY.

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

(TEL. NO. 823 4915).

STATISTICS

TABLE : DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO 10 MAJOR MARKETS

MAJOR MARKET

SEP 1990

(HKD MN. }

SEP 90 OVER SEP 89 {%}

JAN-SEP

1990

JAN-SEP 90 OVER JAN-SEP 89

(HKD MN.)

( % )

USA

CHINA

6.013

-

12

48,100

4,051

+ 10

34,126

7

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