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SUNDAY, MAY 12, 1991

COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1991 WITH THE SAME QUARTER IN 1990, INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $1,004 MILLION OR 7%); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $911 MILLION OR 27%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY 9561 MILLION OR 15%); AND PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $177 MILLION OR 4%)..

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED IN MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $825 MILLION OR 14%), AND TEXTILES (BY $135 MILLION OR 4%).

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.

COMPARING MARCH 1991 WITH MARCH 1990, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM MOST MAJOR SUPPLIERS.

THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE AND THE 'FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 44% AND 38% RESPECTIVELY. THOSE FROM JAPAN, TAIWAN, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, THE UNITED KINGDOM, CHINA AND SWITZERLAND INCREASED BY 23%, 20%, 18%, 16%, 9% AND 8%

RESPECTIVELY.

1990,

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE USA DECREASED BY 22%.

COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1991 WITH THE SAME QUARTER IN INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ALL MAJOR

SUPPLIERS.

THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, THE UNITED KINGDOM, JAPAN, TAIWAN, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, CHINA AND SWITZERLAND INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 54%, 34%, 30%, 28%,

27%. 25%, 24% AND 15% RESPECTIVELY.

THOSE FROM THE USA AND ITALY INCREASED SLIGHTLY BY 3% AND 1X RESPECTIVELY.

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

COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1991 WITH THE SAME QUARTER IN 1990, CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE RECORDED IN ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $4,085 MILLION OR 31%); CLOTHING (BY $3,026 MILLION OR 29%); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2,797 MILLION OR 29%); AND TEXTILES (BY $2,420 MILLION OR 15%).

FOR

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE REGISTERED OTHER TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (BY $651 MILLION OR 35%), AND NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $288 MILLION OR 5%).

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS TO 10 MAJOR MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 5.

/COMPARING MARCH

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