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THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1992

DETAILED BREAKDOWNS BY COUNTRY AND BY COMMODITY ARE AVAILABLE IN THE REVIEW.

APART FROM EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS IN VALUE TERMS, THE REVIEW DESCRIBES MOVEMENTS IN THE PRICE AND VOLUME OF HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE AS REFLECTED BY THE UNIT VALUE INDEXES AND QUANTUM INDEXES.

IN ADDITION, THE REVIEW CONTAINS A SUMMARY OF EXCHANGE RATES OF HONG KONG DOLLAR AGAINST PRINCIPAL FOREIGN CURRENCIES AND THE EFFECTIVE EXCHANGE RATE INDEX.

THE PUBLICATION CONTAINS TABLES SHOWING HONG KONG'S POSITION AMONG THE WORLD'S LEADING EXPORTERS.

IN 1990, HONG KONG WAS THE WORLD'S SECOND LARGEST EXPORTER OF CLOTHING (FOLLOWING ITALY), COMPLETE WATCHES (FOLLOWING SWITZERLAND) AND IMITATION JEWELLERY (FOLLOWING THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA).

HONG KONG RANKED FOURTH IN THE EXPORTS OF JEWELLERY OF PRECIOUS METAL (FOLLOWING ITALY, SWITZERLAND AND THE UNITED KINGDOM) AND CAMERAS (FOLLOWING JAPAN, TAIWAN AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF. GERMANY).

THERE IS ALSO A TABLE SHOWING HONG KONG'S EXPORT AND IMPORT VALUES AS FAR BACK AS 1964, WHEREAS MOST OTHER TABLES PRESENT STATISTICS FROM 1989 TO 1991.

THE REVIEW, CONTAINING 13 CHARTS AND 45 STATISTICAL TABLES, IS NOW ON SALE AT $28 PER COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE ON THE GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AND THE PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON THE 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER I, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI.

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE PUBLICATION MAY BE DIRECTED TO AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TELEPHONE 582 4915.

THE CENSUS

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