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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1992

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO GERMANY, FRANCE, NETHERLANDS, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND JAPAN DECREASED, BY 23%, 16%, 9% AND 3% RESPECTIVELY.

THE

9%,

TABLE 2 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF THE 10 MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

COMPARING THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1992 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1991, INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $1,792 MILLION OR 3%); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES (BY $1,385 MILLION OR 10%); AND MACHINERY SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES (BY $510 MILLION OR 28%).

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1,885 MILLION OR 17%); AND PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $1,037 MILLION OR 7%).

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

COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1992 WITH SEPTEMBER 1991, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ALL THE MAJOR SUPPLIERS: GERMANY (+46%), JAPAN (+39%), ITALY (+31%), MALAYSIA (+29%), THE UNITED KINGDOM {+22%), CHINA ( +20%), SINGAPORE (+20%), THE UNITED STATES (+17%), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+17%) AND TAIWAN (+13%).

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

THE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM THE MAJOR SUPPLIERS WERE: GERMANY (+31%), JAPAN (+29%), MALAYSIA (+28%), ITALY (+28%), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+26%), CHINA (+23%), SINGAPORE (+20%), TAIWAN (+17%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+15%) AND THE UNITED STATES (+15%).

TABLE 4 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF THE 10 MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

COMPARING THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1992 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1991, INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING OF MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $12,748 MILLION OR 32%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $12,116 MILLION OR 21%); CLOTHING (BY $11,128 MILLION OR 24%); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $10,196 MILLION OR 24%); AND TEXTILES (BY $7,031 MILLION OR 10%).

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

COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1992 WITH SEPTEMBER 1991, THE VALUE OF RE- EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, JAPAN, CANADA, THE UNITED STATES, CHINA AND FRANCE INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 58%, 36%, 32%, 32%, 32% AND 31% RESPECTIVELY. THAT TO SINGAPORE AND GERMANY ALSO INCREASED, AND 19% RESPECTIVELY.

BY 21%

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