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THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1992

COMPARING THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS IN 1992 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1991, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE UNITED STATES, CHINA, ITALY, THE UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE AND JAPAN INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 47%, 41%, 39%, 33%, 30% AND 25% RESPECTIVELY. THOSE TO SINGAPORE AND TAIWAN ALSO INCREASED, BY 18% AND 14% RESPECTIVELY,

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO GERMANY DECREASED BY 6%.

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

COMPARING THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS IN 1992 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1991, INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES OF MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $7,606 MILLION OR 46%); CLOTHING (BY $4,145 MILLION OR 23%); FOOTWEAR (BY $3,382 MILLION OR 53%); PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $3,205 MILLION OR 58%); AND TEXTILES (BY $3,113MILLION OR 20%).

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE RECORDED IN FISH, CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES, AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF (BY 9119 MILLION OR 9%); AND OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUITS (BY $103MILLION OR 56%).

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.

FOR

то ACHIEVE COMPARABILITY, THE COMMODITY TRADE STATISTICS 1991 PRESENTED HERE HAVE BEEN RE-CLASSIFIED ACCORDING ΤΟ 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 APRIL1992 WILL BE RELEASED IN EARLY JULY.

DETAILED TRADE STATISTICS ANALYSED BY COMMODITY AND BY COUNTRY

ARE PUBLISHED IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.

THE APRIL 1992 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE" WITH DETAILED ANALYSES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE IN APRIL 1992 WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT $52.00 PER COPY AROUND JUNE 22.

THE REPORT CAN BE PURCHASED AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS THE GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CENTRAL, OR THE PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF THE CENSUS DEPARTMENT ON THE 19TH FLOOR, HANCHAI TOWER 1, WAN CHAI.

SALES CENTRE ON CONNAUGHT PLACE, AND STATISTICS

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