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MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1992

COMPARING AUGUST 1992 WITH AUGUST 1991, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS JAPAN, THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 46%, 44%, 39% AND 33% RESPECTIVELY.

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THAT TO CANADA, FRANCE, TAIWAN AND GERMANY ALSO INCREASED, BY 17%, 16%, 9% AND 6% RESPECTIVELY.

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND SINGAPORE DECREASED, BY 14% AND 4% RESPECTIVELY.

COMPARING THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF 1992 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1991,

THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE UNITED STATES, THE UNITED KINGDOM, CHINA, CANADA, JAPAN AND FRANCE INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 43%,

38%, 38%, 37%, 30% AND 22% RESPECTIVELY.

THAT TO SINGAPORE AND TAIWAN ALSO INCREASED, BY 13% AND 12% RESPECTIVELY.

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND GERMANY DECREASED, BY 7% AND 3% RESPECTIVELY.

TABLE 6 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS OF THE 10 MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

COMPARING THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF 1992 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1991, INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING OF MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $16,707 MILLION OR 39%); CLOTHING (BY $10,634 MILLION OR 27%); TEXTILES (BY $7,601 MILLION OR 21%); AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $7,303 MILLION OR 29%).

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 AUGUST WILL BE RELEASED IN EARLY NOVEMBER.

DETAILED TRADE STATISTICS ANALYSED BY COMMODITY AND BY COUNTRY

ARE PUBLISHED IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.

THE AUGUST 1992 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE ** WITH DETAILED ANALYSES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE IN AUGUST WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT $52 A COPY AROUND OCTOBER 16.

THE REPORT CAN BE BOUGHT AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE ON THE GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AND THE PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON THE 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER I, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI.

ENQUIRIES ABOUT REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THE REPORT MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT FRENCH MISSION BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG (TEL 842 8802) AND ENQUIRIES

STATISTICS TO THE CENSUS

STATISTICS DEPARTMENT 4915).

ON TRADE (TEL 582

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