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FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1991

IN

AND

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATING THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA INCREASED BY $1,815 MILLION OR 35%, PARTICULARLY THOSE OF TEXTILES (BY $726 MILLION OR 39%); AND ARTIFICIAL RESINS PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $200 MILLION OR 90%).

HOWEVER, A DECREASE IN RE-EXPORT VALUE WAS RECORDED IN INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, AND MACHINE PARTS (BY $30 OR 37%).

GENERAL MILLION

STATISTICS ARE FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING THE ABOVE RE-EXPORT

IS NOW PUBLISHED IN THE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE, JUNE 1991" WHICH

CENTRE, GROUND AVAILABLE FOR

PUBLICATIONS SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AT $33.5 PER COPY.

ENQUIRIES

MAY

BE

TO DIRECTED

THE

CENSUS AND STATISTICS

DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 823 4915.

OF RE- THE 10 MAJOR

THE FOLLOWING TABLES SHOWED THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR MARKETS AND RE-EXPORTS FROM COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN,

TABLE 1 : RE-EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR MARKETS

MAJOR MARKET

JAN-JUN 1991 (HKD MN. }

JAN-JUN 1990 (HKD MN.)

INCREASE/ DECREASE (HKD MN.)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE ( % )

CHINA

67.530

50,212

+17,317

+34

U.S.A.

43,688

38,029

+ 5,659

+15

F.R.OF GERMANY

15,770

8,879

+ 6,890

+78

JAPAN

12,976

10,509

+ 2,467

+23

TAIWAN

11,800

10,121

+ 1,679

+17

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

7,113

6.493

621

+10

UNITED KINGDOM

5,987

4.672

+ 1,316

+28

SINGAPORE

5,530

6,230

699

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FRANCE

ITALY

4,207

2,820

+ 1,387

+49

3,753

2,601

+ 1,152

+44

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