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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1991

ESTIMATED PROPORTION OF OUTWARD PROCESSING TRADE IN TRADE WITH CHINA :

2ND

2ND

QTR.

QTR.

1ST HALF

1ST HALF

1991

1990

1991

1990

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

IMPORTS FROM CHINA

62.9

64.5

64.7

61.3

TOTAL EXPORTS TO CHINA

57.5

58.

3

56.7

57.3

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA

76.0

80.3

77.4

79.0

RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA

50.9

49.0

49.4

48.4

* THE VALUE EXCLUDES COMMODITIES AND TRANSACTIONS NOT CLASSIFIED

ACCORDING TO KIND.

FOR OUTWARD

OR SEMI-

WITH

T

FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE SURVEY, EXPORTS TO CHINA PROCESSING

ΤΟ REFER

EXPORTING OF RAW THE

MATERIALS MANUFACTURES FROM OR THROUGH HONG KONG TO CHINA FOR PROCESSING, THE RESULTING PROCESSED GOODS BEING SUBSEQUENTLY RE-IMPORTED INTO HONG KONG.

IMPORTS FROM CHINA RELATED TO OUTWARD PROCESSING REFER TO IMPORTING OF PROCESSED GOODS FROM CHINA OF WHICH ALL OR PART OF RAW MATERIALS OR SEMI-MANUFACTURES ARE UNDER CONTRACTUAL EXPORTED FROM OR THROUGH HONG KONG TO CHINA FOR PROCESSING.

THE THEIR

ARRANGEMENT

TRADE

A SAMPLE OF TRADE DECLARATIONS IN RESPECT OF HONG KONG'S WITH CHINA (IMPORTS FROM CHINA, DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA) ARE SELECTED FOR ENUMERATION TO OBTAIN THE REQUIRED INFORMATION FROM ESTABLISHMENTS.

EXPLAINED A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT

OF RECORDING TRADE THAT UNDER THE INTERNATIONALLY ACCEPTED SYSTEM FLOWS, ALL MOVEMENTS OF GOODS ACROSS THE BORDER, FOR WHATEVER PURPOSE, ARE RECORDED AS EXTERNAL TRADE.

THUS THE MOVEMENTS OF GOODS ASSOCIATED WITH OUTWARD ARE CORRECTLY INCLUDED IN THE REGULAR TRADE STATISTICS.

"THE

SURVEY,

HOWEVER,

PROCESSING

A MORE IN THIS THE REGULAR

THE FINDINGS OF

FACILITATE INFORMED ANALYSIS OF THE NATURE OF HONG KONG-CHINA TRADE. RESPECT, THE SURVEY RESULTS ARE A USEFUL SUPPLEMENT TO TRADE STATISTICS," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

OF PART I

THE WHICH WILL BE CENTRE,

THE ABOVE SURVEY RESULTS WILL BE INCLUDED IN SEPTEMBER 1991 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE",

AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS ON SALE AROUND NOVEMBER 20 GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL COPY.

AT $33.50 PER

0

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