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FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1991

CHINA CONTINUED TO BE THE LARGEST SOURCE OF HONG KONG'S RE- EXPORTS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1991.

A GROWTH OF 31% IN VALUE OR $31,450 MILLION OVER THE FIRST HALF OF 1990 WAS RECORDED IN THE RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATING IN CHINA.

AMONGST GOODS ORIGINATING IN CHINA, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN RE-EXPORT VALUE WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $6,883 MILLION OR

35%); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $4,951 MILLION OR 25%); AND FOOTWEAR (BY $4,011 MILLION OR 70%).

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN RE-EXPORT VALUE WERE RECORDED IN FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF (BY $282 MILLION OR 21%); AND ESSENTIAL OILS AND PERFUME MATERIALS; TOILET, POLISHING AND CLEANING PREPARATION (BY $82 MILLION OR 24%).

JAPAN REMAINED THE SECOND LARGEST SOURCE OF HONG KONG'S EXPORTS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1991.

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COMPARED WITH THE FIRST HALF OF 1990, THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF $6,298 MILLION OR 33% IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATING IN JAPAN.

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN RE-EXPORT VALUE WERE REGISTERED FOR ROAD VEHICLES INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES (BY $1,084 MILLION OR 102%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $675 MILLION OR 20%); AND PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $656 MILLION OR 28%).

DECREASES IN RE-EXPORT VALUE WERE RECORDED IN MISCELLANEOUS EDIBLE PRODUCTS AND PREPARATIONS (BY $13 MILLION OR 50%); AND FEEDING STUFF FOR ANIMALS (BY $11 MILLION OR 19%).

RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATING IN TAIWAN INCREASED BY $4,783 MILLION OR 35% IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1991 OVER THE FIRST HALF OF 1990.

RECORDED

AMONG THE VARIOUS COMMODITIES, RE-EXPORTS OF TEXTILES THE LARGEST INCREASE IN ABSOLUTE TERM (BY $1,658 MILLION OR 34%).

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THIS IS FOLLOWED BY ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $791 MILLION OR 69%). DECREASE IN RE-EXPORT VALUE WAS RECORDED IN CRUDE ANIMALS AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS (BY $18 MILLION OR 51%).

COMPARING WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATING IN THE U.S.A. INCREASED BY $43 MILLION OR 0.3% IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1991.

COMMODITIES WITH SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN RE-EXPORT VALUE INCLUDED ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $364 MILLION OR 55%); AND TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $321 MILLION OR 17%).

HOWEVER, A DECREASE IN RE-EXPORT VALUE WAS RECORDED IN ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1,330 MILLION OR 42%).

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