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FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1991

RE-EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL. REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, CHINA, FRANCE, ITALY AND JAPAN, BY 63%, 40%, 38%, 33% AND 33% RESPECTIVELY. THOSE TO THE USA, THE UNITED THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND TAIWAN INCREASED BY 19%, 19%, 19% KINGDON, AND 4% RESPECTIVELY.

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE DECREASED BY 8%.

COMPARING JANUARY TO MAY 1991 OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990, VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO MOST MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED.

THE

RE-EXPORTS UNITED

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF ΤΟ THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, FRANCE, ITALY, CHINA, THE

26% RESPECTIVELY. KINGDOM AND JAPAN, BY 82%, 45%, 43%, 35%, 29% AND THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN, THE USA AND THE REPUBLIC OF INCREASED BY 19%, 16% AND 8% RESPECTIVELY.

KOREA

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

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

OF THE

IN 1990,

FOR MANUFACTURED MILLION OR

AND

REPRODUCING

COMPARING JANUARY TO MAY 1991 WITH THE SAME PERIOD CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN THE VALUF OF RE-EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED CLOTHING

MISCELLANEOUS (BY $6,300

39%); MILLION OR ARTICLES BY $4,190 MILLION OR 24%); TEXTILES (BY $3,797

RECORDING 22%);

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $3,460 MILLION OR 28%).

AND SOUND

IN HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE RECORDED

THEREOF (BY $144 FISH,

CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATIONS

OR MILLION OR 8%), AND RAW HIDES, SKINS AND FURSKINS (BY $59 MILLION 18%).

ALL THE TRADE STATISTICS DESCRIBED HERE ARE MEASURED AT CURRENT BETWEEN PRICES AND NO ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TAKEN OF THE CHANGES IN PRICES THE PERIODS OF COMPARISON, A SEPARATE ANALYSIS OF VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN MAY 1991 WILL BE EARLY AUGUST 1991.

THE PRICE AND RELEASED IN

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

COUNTRY

WITH

TRADE" EXTERNAL THE MAY 1991 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG DETAILED ANALYSES ON IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN MAY 1991 WILL PUBLICATIONS BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AROUND JULY 17, AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AT $33.50 PER COPY.

BE ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT MAY

AT FRENCH MISSION DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT

ENQUIRIES BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG (TEL. NO. 842 8802) AND ON TRADE STATISTICS TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. 823 4915).

NO.

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