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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1990

THAN

THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS TO CHINA FOR OUTWARD PROCESSING IN JANUARY JUNE 1990, AT $40,497 MILLION, WAS 12 PER CENT HIGHER THAT IN THE SAME PERIOD A YEAR AGO.

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THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS то CHINA OUTWARD PROCESSING GREW BY 10 PER CENT TO $16,351 MILLION AND 13 CENT TO $24,146 MILLION RESPECTIVELY.

1990

FOR

PER

THE ESTIMATES FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1990 AND JANUARY JUNE AND THE CORRESPONDING CHANGES OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989 ARE SUMMARISED IN THE TABLE BELOW.

ESTIMATED VALUE AND PROPORTION OF OUTWARD PROCESSING TRADE FOR IMPORTS

FROM CHINA AND EXPORTS (DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS) TO CHINA 2ND QUARTER OF 1990 AND JANUARY JUNE 1990

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TRADE

TYPE

ESTIMATED VALUE OF

OUTWARD PROCESSING

TRADE

ESTIMATED PROPORTION

OF OUTWARD PROCESSING TRADE

% CHANGE

% CHANGE

2ND QTR

OVER

JAN-

2ND QTR

JUN.

1990

1989

1990

OVER 2ND JAN-JUN

1989

(HKD MN.)

(%)

(HKD MN. }

IMPORTS

36,796

+33.1

62,984

(%)

+23.0

2ND JAN- JAN- QTR QTR JUN JUN 1990 1989 1990 1989

(%) (%) (%) (%)

64.5 57.0 61.3 57.7

FROM

CHINA

TOTAL

22,923

+10.5

40,497

+12.0

58.3 54.3 57.3 50.0

EXPORTS

TO CHINA

DOMESTIC

9,398

+12.3

16,351

+10.2

80.3 75.9 79.0 74. 2

EXPORTS

TO CHINA

RE-EXPORTS 13,526 TO CHINA

+ 9.3

24,146

+13.3

49.0 45.5 48.4 40.7

FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE SURVEY, EXPORTS TO CHINA FOR OUTWARD PROCESSING REFER TO THE EXPORTING OF RAW MATERIALS MANUFACTURES FROM HONG KONG TO CHINA FOR PROCESSING, RESULTING PROCESSED GOODS BEING SUBSEQUENTLY RE-IMPORTED KONG.

OR SEMI- WITH THE INTO HONG

/IMPORTS FROM