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MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1992

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE RECORDED IN PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $1,131 MILLION OR 36%; AND OTHER TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (BY. $889 MILLION OR 76%}.

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

COMPARING FEBRUARY 1992 WITH FEBRUARY 1991, THE VALUE OF RE- EXPORTS TO MOST MAJOR MARKETS INCREASED.

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS ΤΟ CHÍNA, CANADA AND U.S.A., BY 94%, 78% AND 73% RESPECTIVELY.

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THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO FRANCE, JAPAN, SINGAPORE, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND TAIWAN INCREASED BY 45%, 41%, 38%, 37%, 37% AND 11% RESPECTIVELY.

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC GERMANY DECREASED BY 4%.

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COMPARING JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 1992 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1991, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO CANADA, U.S.A., CHINA AND FRANCE INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 47%, 37%, 36% AND 30% RESPECTIVELY.

THOSE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, JAPAN AND SINGAPORE INCREASED BY 21%, 19% AND 10% RESPECTIVELY.

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS ΤΟ TAIWAN, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA DECREASED BY 13%, 10% AND 2% RESPECTIVELY.

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

COMPARING JANUARY

TO FEBRUARY 1992 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1991, INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $3,217 MILLION OR 39%); CLOTHING (BY $1,985 MILLION OR 20%); PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $1,754 MILLION 70%); FOOTWEAR (BY $1,544 MILLION OR 44%); AND TEXTILES (BY $322 MILLION OR 5%).

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE RECORDED TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (RY $921 MILLION OR 57%); BEVERAGES (BY $151 MILLION OR 39%).

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STARTING FROM JANUARY THIS YEAR, THE THIRD REVISION OF THE STANDARD INTERNATIONAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION (SITO 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 1991 PRESENTED HERE HAVE BEEN RE-CLASSIFIED ACCORDING ΤΟ THE SYSTEM.

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