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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1991

COMPARING JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1991 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990, CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $12,060 MILLION OR 26%); CLOTHING (BY $12,001 MILLION OR 31%); TEXTILES (BY $9,167 MILLION 24%); AND FOOTWEAR (BY $8,078 MILLION OR 75%).

OR

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE RECORDED IN FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF (BY $298 MILLION OR 9%), AND METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $76 MILLION OR 12%).

ALL THE TRADE STATISTICS DESCRIBED HERE ARE MEASURED AT CURRENT PRICES AND NO ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TAKEN OF THE CHANGES IN PRICES BETWEEN THE PERIODS OF COMPARISON.

A SEPARATE ANALYSIS OF THE PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN OCTOBER 1991 WILL BE RELEASED IN EARLY JANUARY 1992.

DETAILED STATISTICS ON TRADE VALUE BY COMMODITY AND BY COUNTRY ARE PUBLISHED IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.

WITH

1991

THE OCTOBER 1991 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE" DETAILED ANALYSES ON IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN OCTOBER WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AROUND DECEMBER 18, AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT CENTRAL AT $33.50 PER COPY.

PLACE,

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ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT MAY DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT FRENCH MISSION BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG (TEL. NO. 842 8802) AND ENQUIRIES ON TRADE STATISTICS TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. 582 4915).

TABLE 1: DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR MARKETS

MAJOR MARKET

OCT 1991

(HKD MN.)

OCT 91 OVER OCT 90 (%)

JAN-OCT

1991

(HKD MN.)

JAN-OCT 91 OVER JAN-OCT 90 { %)

USA

6,734

50,364

CHINA

5,114

+ 12

44.041

+ 14

F.R. OF GERMANY

1,293

—

22

15,961

+ 15

UK

1.111

—

19

11,277

+

6

JAPAN

1,075

-

17

9,686

2

SINGAPORE

TAIWAN

822

7,345

+ 18

514

*

4,889

+

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/NTHERLANDS