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SUNDAY, MAY 12, 1991

COMPARING MARCH 1991 WITH MARCH 1990, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, FRANCE AND CHINA, BY 43%, 22% AND 21% RESPECTIVELY.

ITALY, TAIWAN,

UNITED JAPAN, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND THE INCREASED BY 8%, 6%, 5%, 3% AND 3% RESPECTIVELY.

HOWEVER,

THE

VALUE

AND OF RE-EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE DECREASED BY 16% AND 7% RESPECTIVELY.

THOSE TO KINGDOM

THE USA

COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1991 OVER THE SAME QUARTER IN 1990, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO MOST MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED.

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, ITALY, FRANCE AND THE UNITED

BY 91%, 47%, 44% AND 35% RESPECTIVELY. KINGDOM,

THE VALUE OF RE- EXPORTS TO CHINA, TAIWAN, JAPAN AND THE USA INCREASED BY 28%, 26%, 21%

RESPECTIVELY. AND 13%

THOSE TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA RECORDED A SLIGHT INCREASE OF 2%.

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE DECREASED BY 10%.

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

COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1991 WITH THE SAME QUARTER IN 1990, CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $4,073 MILLION OR 43%); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $2,154 MILLION OR 23%); FOOTWEAR (BY $1,938 MILLION OR 74%); AND TEXTILES (BY $1,447 MILLION OR 15%).

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE RECORDED FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF (BY $202 MILLION OR 18%), AND RAW HIDES, SKINS AND FURSKINS (BY $44 MILLION 24%).

IN

OR

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

AND THE PRICE VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN MARCH 1991 WILL BE RELEASED IN EARLY JUNE.

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

THE MARCH 1991 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE WITH IN MARCH 1991 DETAILED ANALYSES ON IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AROUND MAY 20, AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE,

CENTRAL AT $33.50 PER COPY.

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ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT MAY DIRECTED ΤΟ THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT FRENCH MISSION BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG (TEL. NO. 842 8802) AND ENQUIRIES ON TRADE STATISTICS TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. 823 4915).

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