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MONDAY, JULY 13, 1992

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

COMPARING MAY 1992 WITH MAY 1991 INCREASES WERE

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RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ALL MAJOR SUPPLIERS : GERMANY (BY 40%), SINGAPORE (BY 37%), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY 33%), JAPAN (BY 24%), ITALY (BY 20%), TAIWAN (BY 18%). CHINA (BY 18%), THE UNITED STATES (BY 12%), SWITZERLAND (BY 6%) AND THE UNITED KINGDOM (BY 3%).

COMPARING THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS IN 1992 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1991, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ALL MAJOR SUPPLIERS: GERMANY (BY 30%), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY 28%), JAPAN (BY 27%), CHINA (BY 23%), ITALY (BY 21%), TAIWAN (BY 20%), SINGAPORE (BY 11%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (BY 9%), THE UNITED STATES (BY 6%) AND SWITZERLAND (BY 6%).

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

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COMPARING THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS IN 1992 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1991, INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF $5,923 MILLION OR 21%); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES OF MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $5,811 MILLION OR 30%); TEXTILES (BY $5,782 MILLION OR 16%); CLOTHING (RY $4,874 MILLION OR 21%); AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $4,873 MILLION OR 21%).

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE RECORDED IN OTHER TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (BY $1,643 MILLION OR 68%); AND PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $792 MILLION OR 13%).

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

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COMPARING MAY 1992 WITH MAY 1991, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO UNITED KINGDOM, THE UNITED STATES, CHINA AND ITALY INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 40%, 38%, 35% AND 34% RESPECTIVELY.

THOSE TO JAPAN, FRANCE AND TAIWAN ALSO INCREASED, BY 18%, AND 4% RESPECTIVELY.

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HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND GERMANY DECREASED BY 12% AND 11% RESPECTIVELY.

COMPARING THE FIRST FIVE 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, RY 45%, 40%, 38%, 34%. 26% AND 23% RESPECTIVELY. THOSE TO SINGAPORE AND TAIWAN ALSO INCREASED, BY 14% AND 12% RESPECTIVELY.

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO GERMANY AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA DECREASED, BY 7% AND 2% RESPECTIVELY.

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