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MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1992

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR OTHER TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (BY $729 MILLION OR 15%), AND CORK AND WOOD MANUFACTURES (BY $275 MILLION OR 7%).

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

MAJOR MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 5.·

COMPARING NOVEMBER 1991 WITH NOVEMBER 1990, THE VALUE OF RE- EXPORTS TO CANADA, THE USA, CHINA AND FRANCE INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 65%, 43%, 27% AND 23% RESPECTIVELY.

THOSE TO TAIWAN, THE UNITED

KINGDOM, JAPAN AND SINGAPORE

INCREASED BY 15%, 13%, 12% AND 1% RESPECTIVELY.

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY DECREASED BY 6%.

COMPARING JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1991 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO MOST MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED.

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, FRANCE, CHINA, CANADA, THE USA, JAPAN AND THE UNITED KINGDOM, BY 42%, 41%, 36%, 29%, 24%, 20% AND 20% RESPECTIVELY.

THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA INCREASED BY 15% AND 12% RESPECTIVELY. HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE- EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE DECREASED BY 6%.

TABLE 6 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

MISCELLANEOUS

COMPARING JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1991 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990, CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR

MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $13,800 MILLION OR 27%); CLOTHING (BY $13,349 MILLION OR 31%); TEXTILES (BY $10,030 MILLION OR 23%); AND FOOTWEAR (BY $8,885 MILLION OR 72%).

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HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE RECORDED FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF (BY $471 MILLION OR 12%), AND NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $149 MILLION OR 1%).

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 NOVEMBER 1991 WILL BE RELEASED EARLY NEXT MONTH.

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

/THE NOVEMBER