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THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1992

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TABLE 1: DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR MARKETS

MAJOR MARKET

JANUARY

1992

(HKD MN.)

JANUARY

1991 (HKD MN.)

INCREASE/

DECREASE (HKD MN.}

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

{%}

U.S.A.

3,571

4,712

-

1,140

—

24

CHINA

3,296

4,263

968

23

F.R. OF GERMANY

1,156

1,930

774

40

U.K.

831

1,201

371

31

JAPAN

744

938

194

21

SINGAPORE

621

861

240

28

NETHERLANDS

406

502

96

—

19

CANADA

387

440

53

-

12

TAIWAN

368

559

191

-

34

FRANCE

264

334

70

21

COMMODITY

JANUARY

1992

DIVISION

(HKD MN. }

TABLE 2: DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS

PERCENTAGE CHANGE ( % )

JANUARY

1991 (HKD MN.)

INCREASE/

DECREASE (HKD MN.)

ARTICLES OF APPAREL

AND CLOTHING

ACCESSORIES

4,944

6,111

1,167

-

19

MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES (MAINLY JEWELLERY,

GOLDSMITHS' AND

SILVERSMITHS' WARES)

1,497

1,826

329

18

OFFICE MACHINES

AND AUTOMATIC

DATA PROCESSING

EQUIPMENT

1,185

1,692

507

30

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,

APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES,

AND ELECTRICAL PARTS

THEREOF

1,117

1,625

507

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