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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1992

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HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1,528 MILLION OR 20%); AND PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $1,015 MILLION OR 10%).

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

COMPARING JUNE 1992 WITH JUNE 1991, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ALL MAJOR SUPPLIERS: SINGAPORE (BY 59%), THE UNITED STATES (BY 57%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (BY 44%), GERMANY (BY 39%) CHINA (BY 33%), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY 33%), MALAYSIA (BY 33%). ITALY (BY 33%), JAPAN (BY 29%) AND TAIWAN (BY 16%).

1991, WERE:

29%),

COMPARING THE FIRST HALF OF 1992 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN THE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ALL MAJOR SUPPLIERS GERMANY (BY 31%), MALAYSIA (BY 30%), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY JAPAN (BY 28%), CHINA (BY 25%), ITALY (BY 23%), TAIWAN (BY 19%), SINGAPORE (BY 18%), THE UNITED STATES (BY 14%) AND THE UNITED KINGDOM (BY 14%).

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

1991,

COMPARING THE FIRST HALF OF 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 $7,868 MILLION OR 33%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $7,342 MILLION OR 21%); TEXTILES (BY $6,983 MILLION OR 16%); CLOTHING (BY $6,784 MILLION OR 24%); AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $6,308 MILLION OR 23%).

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE RECORDED IN TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN ROAD VEHICLES (BY $484 MILLION OR 19%); AND TEXTILE FIBRES AND THEIR WASTES (BY $241 MILLION OR 6%).

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

COMPARING JUNE 1992 WITH JUNE 1991, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS THE UNITED STATES, THE UNITED KINGDOM,

CHINA. CANADA, JAPAN SINGAPORE INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 53%, 51%, 17%, 44%, 40% AND RESPECTIVELY.

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32%

THOSE TO FRANCE, TAIWAN AND GERMANY ALSO INCREASED, BY 15%, AND 6% RESPECTIVELY.

14%

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

COMPARING THE FIRST HALF OF 1992 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, CHINA, THE UNITED KINGDOM, JAPAN AND FRANCE INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, 46%, 41%, 38%, 26% AND 24% RESPECTIVELY.

1991,

BY 46%,

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