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THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1992

NEVERTHELESS, THE IMPORT VALUE OF SOME MAJOR COMMODITIES RECORDED MODERATE INCREASES, INCLUDING MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $373 MILLION OR 9%); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $323 MILLION OR

7%), AND PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $30 MILLION OR 1%).

CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 5.

COMPARING JANUARY 1992 WITH JANUARY 1991, THE VALUE OF RE- EXPORTS ΤΟ TAIWAN, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND SINGAPORE DECREASED BY 34%, 16% AND 12% RESPECTIVELY.

THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA AND JAPAN DECREASED BY 3% AND 2% RESPECTIVELY. HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO CANADA, FRANCE, ITALY, THE U.S. AND THE UNITED KINGDOM INCREASED BY 22%, 16%, 15%, 9% AND 7% RESPECTIVELY.

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

COMPARING JANUARY 1992 WITH JANUARY 1991, INCREASES IN THE : VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $609 MILLION OR 13%); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS (BY $499 MILLION OR 33%); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $386 MILLION OR 12%), AND CLOTHING (BY $8 MILLION OR LESS THAN 0.5%).

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HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE RECORDED TEXTILES (BY $1,887 MILLION OR 46%), AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS $511 MILLION OR 16%).

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STARTING FROM JANUARY THIS YEAR, THE THIRD REVISION OF THE STANDARD INTERNATIONAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION (SITC REV. 3) HAS BEEN ADOPTED IN HONG KONG IN PLACE OF THE SECOND REVISION FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF TRADE STATISTICS BY COMMODITY.

ΤΟ ACHIEVE COMPARABILITY, THE COMMODITY TRADE STATISTICS FOR JANUARY 1991 PRESENTED HERE HAVE BEEN RE-CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THE NEW SYSTEM.

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 JANUARY 1992 WILL BE RELEASED IN EARLY APRIL.

DETAILED STATISTICS ON TRADE VALUE BY COMMODITY AND BY COUNTRY ARE PUBLISHED IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS. THE JANUARY 1992 ISSUE THE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE" WITH DETAILED ANALYSES ON IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN JANUARY 1992 WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AROUND MARCH 18, AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $52.00

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