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THE VALUE OF

TAIWAN, JAPAN, THE AND CHINA !CREASED

IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE,

THE UNITED KINGDOM

32%, 29%, 27%, 25%, AND 25% RESPRITIVELY. REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE USA AN. ITALY

REPUBLIC OF KOREA, SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 38%, THOSE FROM THE FEDERAL INCREASED BY 15%, 10% AND 6% RESPECTIVELY.

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM SWITZERLAND DECREASED SLIGHTLY BY 0.1%.

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

COMPARING JANUARY TO JULY 1991 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990, CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE RECORDED IN PARTS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL THEREOF (BY $9,370 MILLION OR 27%); TEXTILES (BY $9,073 MILLION OR 21%) TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $6,882 MILLION OR 26%); AND CLOTHING (BY $6,423 MILLION OR 23%).

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR OTHER TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (BY $792 MILLION OR 23%), AND CORK AND WOOD MANUFACTURES (BY $73 MILLION OR 3%).

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

COMPARING JULY 1991 WITH JULY 1990, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS ΤΟ MOST MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED.

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO FRANCE, CHINA, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, CANADA, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, THE USA AND JAPAN, BY 56%, 54%, 38%, 35%, 30%, AND 17% RESPECTIVELY.

25%

RESPECTIVELY. BY 2%.

THOSE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND TAIWAN INCREASED BY 6% AND

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE DECREASED

5%

COMPARING JANUARY. TO JULY 1991 OVER THE SAME PERIOD THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO MOST MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED.

IN.

1990,

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, FRANCE, CHINA, THE UNITED KINGDOM, JAPAN AND CANADA, BY 70%, 50%, 38%, 23%, 22% AND 22% RESPECTIVELY. THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE USA, TAIWAN AND THE REPUBLIC OF INCREASED BY 17%, 15% AND 12% RESPECTIVELY.

KOREA

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

TABLE 6

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

THE

COMPARING JANUARY TO JULY 1991 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990,

FOR CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED CLOTHING (BY $8,017 MILLION OR 32%); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $6,480 MILLION OR 23%); TEXTILES (BY $6,401 MILLION OR 25%); AND FOOTWEAR (BY $5,108 MILLION OR 72%).

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