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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1991

COMPARING JANUARY TO AUGUST 1991 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990, INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $1,936 MILLION OR 19%); CLOTHING (BY $1,566 MILLION OR 4%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1,439 MILLION OR 13%); AND TEXTILES (BY $312 MILLION OR 3%).

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED IN MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $1,463 MILLION OR 9%), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $468 MILLION OR 4%).

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

COMPARING AUGUST 1991 WITH AUGUST 1990, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM MOST MAJOR SUPPLIERS.

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE USA, TAIWAN, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, CHINA AND JAPAN, BY 39% 24%, 23%, 20% AND 20% RESPECTIVELY. THOSE FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, SINGAPORE, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ITALY INCREASED BY

10% 8%, 7% AND 2% RESPECTIVELY.

14%.

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM SWITZERLAND DECREASED BY

COMPARING JANUARY TO AUGUST 1991 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM MOST MAJOR SUPPLIERS.

THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE, TAIWAN, JAPAN, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, CHINA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 34%, 31%, 28%, 27%, 24% AND 23% RESPECTIVELY. THOSE FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE USA AND ITALY INCREASED BY 15%, 13% AND 5% RESPECTIVELY.

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM SWITZERLAND DECREASED BY 2.

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

COMPARING JANUARY TO AUGUST 1991 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990, CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE RECORDED IN ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $10,684 MILLION OR 26%); TEXTILES (BY $10,322 MILLION OR 21%); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARÁTUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $7,664 MILLION OR 25%); AND CLOTHING (BY $7,164 MILLION OR 22%).

FOR

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE REGISTERED

WOOD MANUFACTURĖS (BY $129 MILLION OR 5%), AND ANIMAL AND OILS AND FATS, PROCESSED, AND WAXES OF ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE ORIGIN (BY $36 MILLION OR 49%).

CORK AND VEGETABLE

THE

CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS TO THE 10

MAJOR MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 5.

/COMPARING AUGUST