TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1992
OF THE RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATING FROM CHINA, ONE-THIRD (IN VALUE TERMS) WENT то THE U.S.. RE-EXPORTS TO THE U.S. OF CHINA ORIGIN RECORDED AN INCREASE OF 47% IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1992 OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
ANOTHER 8% AND 7% OF THE RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATING FROM CHINA WENT TO GERMANY AND JAPAN RESPECTIVELY. WHILST THOSE TO GERMANY DECLINED BY 5%, THOSE TO JAPAN INCREASED BY 42% IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1992 OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF 1991.
IN
OF THE RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATING IN JAPAN, THE LARGEST SHARE (64% VALUE TERMS WENT TO CHINA. AN INCREASE OF 50% IN VALUE WAS REGISTERED FOR JAPAN-ORIGIN GOODS RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG TO CHINA.
RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN, MACAU AND VIETNAM EACH ACCOUNTED FOR 4% TO 5% OF THE VALUE OF JAPAN-ORIGIN GOODS RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1992.
AS REGARDS RE-EXPORTS OF TAIWAN ORIGIN, AN OVERWHELMING PROPORTION (90% IN VALUE) WENT TO CHINA. RE-EXPORTS OF TAIWAN-ORIGIN CHINA RECORDED AN INCREASE OF 39% IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1992 OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1991.
TO
RE-EXPORTS
TABLE 2.
FROM THE 10 MAJOR COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN ARE GIVEN IN
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STATISTICS
TABLE 1: RE-EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR COUNTRIES OF DESTINATION
MAJOR COUNTRY OF
JAN-JUN
1992
DESTINATION
(HK$ MN)
JAN-JUN
1991 (HK$ MN)
INCREASE/ DECREASE (HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE (%)
CHINA
95,180
67,530
+ 27,650
+ 41
UNITED STATES
63,917
43,688
+ 20,229
+ 46
JAPAN
16,322
12,976
+
3,346
+ 26
GERMANY
14,953
15,770
816
5
TAIWAN
13,239
11,800
+
1.439
+ 12
UNITED KINGDOM
8,241
5,987
2,254
+ 38
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
6,893
7.113
220
3
SINGAPORE
6,457
5,530
+
926
+ 17
FRANCE
5,212
4,207
+
1,005
+ 24
CANADA
5,146
3,535
+
1,611
+ 46
/TABLE 2
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