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TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1992

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COMMODITIES WITH SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN RE-EXPORT VALUE ΤΟ THIS MARKET INCLUDED MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES. THEIR MAIN COMPONENTS WERE BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $6,213 MILLION OR 59%); FOOTWEAR (BY $2,836 MILLION OR 45%); AND CLOTHING (BY $2,649 MILLION OR 36%).

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR FISH, CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF (BY $103 MILLION OR 27%); AND MISCELLANEOUS EDIBLE PRODUCTS AND PREPARATIONS (BY $22 MILLION OR 30%).

RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN AMOUNTED TO $16,322 MILLION IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1992.

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN WERE RECORDED FOR CLOTHING (BY $1,328 MILLION OR 50%); AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES,

ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $784 MILLION OR 52%).

A DECREASE WAS RECORDED FOR BEVERAGES (BY $181 MILLION OR 40%),

RE-EXPORTS TO GERMANY WERE WORTH $14,953 MILLION IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1992.

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SIGNIFICANT DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS то GERMANY REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $1,222 MILLION OR 25%); AND TELECOMMUNICATION AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $366 MILLION OR 16%).

HOWEVER, A NOTABLE INCREASE WAS RECORDED FOR FOOTWEAR (BY MILLION OR 41%).

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THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN TOTALLED $13,239 MILLION IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1992.

INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN WERE RECORDED FOR TOBACCO AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (BY $507 MILLION OR 20%) AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES (BY $220 MILLION OR 108%). A DECREASE WAS HOWEVER REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $208 MILLION OR 50%).

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS то THE 10 MAJOR COUNTRIES OF DESTINATION ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 1.

RE-EXPORTS BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

CHINA CONTINUED TO BE THE LARGEST SOURCE OF HONG KONG'S RE- EXPORTS, ACCOUNTING FOR 58% OF THE TOTAL RE-EXPORT VALUE IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1992.

RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATING FROM JAPAN, TAIWAN, THE U.S. AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA CONTRIBUTED 12%, 8%, 5% AND 3% RESPECTIVELY TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1992.

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COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, RE-EXPORTS FROM THE MAJOR ORIGIN COUNTRIES REGISTERED INCREASES IN VALUE, PARTICULARLY THOSE FROM JAPAN (+46%), TAIWAN (+34%), CHINA (+33%) THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+33%).

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