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FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1991

COMPARING JANUARY

1990, TO MAY 1991 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN

IN INCREASES

THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $1,247 MILLTON OR 5%); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $1,217 MILLION OR 20%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,

AND APPLIANCES, APPARATUS

PARTS AND ELECTRICAL

THEREOF MILLION OR 11%); AND PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $598 MILLJON OR 8%). EXPORTS OF TEXTILES INCREASED BY $138 MILLION OR 2% IN VALUE.

(BY . $725 SUPPLIES, DOMESTIC

WERE

MILLION OR

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS RECORDED IN MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $927 9%), AND FOOTWEAR (BY $103 MILLION OR 27%).

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

FROM

OF KOREA, 2.1%, 23%, INCREASED

MAY 1991 COMPARING

IMPORTS WITH MAY 1990, THE VALUE OF JAPAN, THE UNITED

REPUBLIC KINGDOM, TAIWAN, CHINA, THE SINGAPORE AND ITALY INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 31%, 31%, 22% 18% AND 15% RESPECTIVELY. THOSE FROM SWITZERLAND ALSO BY 3% RESPECTIVELY.

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THE HOWEVER,

VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE USA AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY DECREASED BY 8% AND 2% RESPECTIVELY.

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COMPARING JANUARY TO MAY 1991 WITH THE SAME PERIOD

RECORDED

IMPORTS THE VALUE OF INCREASES WFRE SUPPLIERS.

1990, IN FROM ALL MAJOR

OF

KOREA,

OF

AND

THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE, THE REPUBLIC JAPAN, THE UNITED KINGDOM, TAIWAN, CHINA AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC GERMANY INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 38%, 30%, 30%, 29%, 28%, 26% 15% RESPECTIVELY. THOSE FROM SWITZERLAND, THE USA AND ITALY INCREASED BY 7%, 7% AND 4% RESPECTIVELY.

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

MAJOR

COMPARING

TO MAY JANUARY

IN 1991 WITH THE SAME PERIOD INCREASES IN CONSIDERABLE

THE VALUR OF IMPORTS WERE RECORDED TEXTILES (BY $5,757 MILLION OR 19%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, AND

AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $5,729 APPLIANCES, 24%) TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS

CLOTHING (BY (BY $5,141 MILLION OR 29%); AND AND EQUIPMENT MILLION OR 27%).

1990,

IN

APPARATUS

MILLION OR

$5,042

FOR

NON-METALLIC

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE REGISTERED OTHER TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (BY $689 MILLION OR 22%), AND MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $12 MILLION OR LESS THAN 0.5%).

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

MAJOR

COMPARING MAY 1991 WITH MAY 1990, THE VALUE OF MOST MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED.

RE-EXPORTS

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/SIGNJETCANT INCREASES