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TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1992

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"AFTER THESE CHANGES, HONG KONG NOW FULLY ADOPTS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS IN COMMODITY CLASSIFICATION CONCERNING EXTERNAL TRADE, SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE COMMODITY DESCRIPTIONS AND CODES OF THE HK SITC REV. 3 CAN BE FOUND IN THE PUBLICATION TITLED "HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS CLASSIFICATION (S.I.T.C. REV. 3)".

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ALSO CONTAINS THE CLASSIFICATION OF COUNTRIES/TERRITORIES AND UNITS OF QUANTITY USED IN TRADE STATISTICS AND A TABLE SHOWING THE HKHS CODES CORRESPONDING TO EACH HK SITC REV. 3 CODE.

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THE PUBLICATION IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR SALE, AT $84 PER COPY, THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AND THE PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER I, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI.

AS REGARDS THE COMPARABILITY OF TRADE STATISTICS IN SITC REV. 3 TWO WITH PAST TRADE STATISTICS IN SITC REV. 2, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE STATISTICAL SERIES WERE NOT DIRECTLY COMPARABLE BECAUSE OF DIFFERENCES IN COMMODITY CLASSIFICATION.

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HOWEVER, TO CATER FOR YEAR-ON-YEAR COMPARISON WHICH IS COMMONLY IN ANALYSIS OF TRADE STATISTICS, THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT HAS ARRANGED TO RE-TABULATE THE TRADE STATISTICS OF 1991 IN SITC REV. 3 IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPARING WITH THE 1992 STATISTICS.

FURTHERMORE, USERS MAY REFER TO A CORRELATION TABLE BETWEEN THE SITC REV. 3 AND SITC REV, 2 FOR UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO VERSIONS AT THE DETAILED COMMODITY LEVEL. THE CORRELATION

TABLE CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE SPOKESMAN ALSO NOTED THAT BESIDES BEING ANALYSED BY SITC

ALSO REV. 3, COMMODITY STATISTICS IN HKHS ARE

AVAILABLE ON COMPUTER PRINTOUTS AT THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT FOR USERS' Reference.

ENQUIRIES ON THE SUBJECT MAY BE MADE ON TEL. 582 5042.

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