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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1991

THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS TO CHINA FOR OUTWARD PROCESSING FROM THAN JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1990, AT $64,828 MILLION, WAS 15% HIGHER THAT IN THE SAME PERIOD A YEAR AGO.

ΤΟ CHINA FOR $38,763

THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS OUTWARD PROCESSING GREW BY 11% TO $26,065 MILLION AND 17% TO MILLION RESPECTIVELY.

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FOR OUTWARD FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE SURVEY, EXPORTS TO CHINA

SEMI- MATERIALS OR PROCESSING

EXPORTING OF RAW REFER TO THE

WITH MANUFACTURES FROM OR THROUGH HONG KONG TO CHINA FOR PROCESSING, THE RESULTING PROCESSED GOODS BEING SUBSEQUENTLY RE-IMPORTED INTO HONG KONG.

THE THEIR RAW ARRANGEMENT

IMPORTS

FROM CHINA RELATED TO OUTWARD PROCESSING REFER TO FROM CHINA OF WHICH ALL OR PART OF IMPORTING OF GOODS

ARE UNDER CONTRACTUAL MATERIALS OR SEMI-MANUFACTURES EXPORTED FROM OR THROUGH HONG KONG TO CHINA FOR PROCESSING,

TRADE

A SAMPLE OF TRADE DECLARATIONS IN RESPECT OF HONG KONG'S WITH CHINA (IMPORTS FROM CHINA, DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA) ARE SELECTED FOR ENUMERATION TO OBTAIN THE REQUIRED INFORMATION FROM ESTABLISHMENTS.

EXPLAINED A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT

OF RECORDING TRADE THAT UNDER THE INTERNATIONALLY ACCEPTED SYSTEM FLOWS, ALL MOVEMENTS OF GOODS ACROSS THE BORDER, FOR WHATEVER PURPOSE, ARE RECORDED AS EXTERNAL TRADE.

THUS THE MOVEMENTS OF GOODS ASSOCIATED WITH OUTWARD ARE CORRECTLY INCLUDED IN THE REGULAR TRADE STATISTICS.

PROCESSING

"THE FINDINGS OF THE

ANALYSIS

A FACILITATE

INFORMED

OF THE NATURE OF HONG KONG-CHINA TRADE.

RESPECT,

THE SURVEY RESULTS ARE A USEFUL SUPPLEMENT TO TRADE STATISTICS," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

HOWEVER, SURVEY,

IN

THE

MORE THIS REGULAR

INCLUDED "HONG KONG EXTERNAL 20 AT THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING, OFFICE POST

SURVEY RESULTS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1990 WILL BE IN PART I OF THE DECEMBER 1990 ISSUE OF THE TRADE", WHICH WILL BE ON SALE AROUND FEBRUARY PUBLICATIONS CENTRE,

FLOOR, GROUND

GENERAL

CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AT $27 PBR COPY.

/ESTIMATED VALUE