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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1991

HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS FOR SEPTEMBER RELEASED

THIS YEAR, AT $137,610 TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE IN SEPTEMBER

LAST YEAR, MILLION, GREW BY 27% IN VALUE AS COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER

THE VALUE OF TRADE RELEASED ACCORDING TO THE SEPTEMBER FIGURES ON TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

DOMESTIC RE-EXPORTS

OF VALUE OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE EXPORTS INCREASED BY 5% TO $20,526 MILLION, WHILE THAT OF ROSE BY 43% TO $50,131 MILLION.

THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 29% TO $70,657 MILLION. THE VALUE OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY 24% TO $66,953 MILLION.

TO

SEPTEMBER WITH THE

THE VALUE OF TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE IN JANUARY 1991, AT $1,107,961 MILLION, INCREASED BY 22% AS COMPARED SAME PERIOD IN 1990.

DOMESTIC RE-EXPORTS

THE

OF VALUE OVER THE

PERIOD OF COMPARISON, SAME EXPORTS INCREASED BY 3% TO $166,993 MILLION, WHILE THAT OF INCREASED BY 29% TO $378,956 MILLION.

THUS,

$545,949

THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 20% TO MILLION. THE VALUE OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY 23% TO $562,011 MILLION.

THE

CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

10 MAJOR

THE VALUR OF COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1991 WITH SEPTEMBER 1990, DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA RECORDED SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE OF 20%.

THE

AND TAIWAN

THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO FRANCE, THE 6%, INCREASED BY 8%, NETHERLANDS

U.S.A CANADA, 5%, 5% AND

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RESPECTIVELY.

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN, REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND SINGAPORE 12%, 6%, 3% AND 2% RESPECTIVELY.

THE FEDERAL DECREASED BY

PERIOD IN

OF DOMESTIC

COMPARING JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1991. WITH THE SAME 1990, SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, BY 21% 20% RESPECTIVELY.

THE NETHERLANDS, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA, UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE AND TAIWAN INCREASED BY 14%, 12%, 10%, 10% 5% RESPECTIVELY.

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AND

THE

AND

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CANADA DECREASED BY 10% AND 9% RESPECTIVELY.

AND THE

USA

TABLE 2 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

OF

/COMPARING JANUARY

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