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THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1992

HOWEVER,

DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1,027 MILLION OR 21%); PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $851 MILLION OR 13%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF BY $116 MILLION OR 2%); AND TEXTILES (BY $79 MILLION OR 2%).

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.

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COMPARING APRIL 1992 WITH APRIL 1991, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM REPUBLIC OF KOREA, JAPAN, GERMANY, CHINA AND SINGAPORE INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 30%, 30%, 26%, 20% AND 20% RESPECTIVELY.

THOSE FROM TAIWAN, THE UNITED KINGDOM, ITALY AND SWITZERLAND ALSO INCREASED, BY 17%, 15%, 14% AND 8% RESPECTIVELY.

BY 1%.

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES DECREASED

COMPARING THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS IN 1992 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1991. INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ALL MAJOR SUPPLIERS: JAPAN (BY 28%), GERMANY (BY 27%), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY 26%), CHINA (BY 25%) ITALY (BY 22%), TAIWAN (BY 20%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (BY 10%), SWITZERLAND (BY 5%), THE UNITED STATES (BY 5%) AND SINGAPORE (BY 4%).

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TABLE 4 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

1991,

COMPARING THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS IN 1992 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES OF MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $4,774 MILLION OR 33%); CLOTHING (BY $4,058 MILLION OR 22%); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $4,019 MILLION OR 23%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $3,773 MILLION OR 17%); AND TEXTILES (BY $3,320 MILLION OR 12%).

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE RECORDED IN PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $1,685 MILLION OR 33%); AND OTHER TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (BY $1,665 MILLION OR 72%).

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

COMPARING APRIL 1992 WITH APRIL 1991, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS ΤΟ THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE UNITED STATES, CHINA, ITALY, TAIWAN AND JAPAN INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 41%, 39%, 37%, 30%, 27% AND 27% RESPECTIVELY. THOSE TO SINGAPORE AND FRANCE ALSO INCREASED, AND 12% RESPECTIVELY.

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HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO GERMANY AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA DECREASED BY 8% AND 2% RESPECTIVELY.

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