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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1993

ORIGINATING

TAIWAN, FROM

AN

OVERWHELMING

FOR RE-EXPORTS PROPORTION (90.1% OF THE VALUE IN 1992) WENT TO CHINA.

56.6%

AS REGARDS RE-EXPORTS ORIGINATING FROM THE UNITED STATES, OF THE VALUE IN 1992 WERE SHIPPED TO CHINA AND 12.6% TO TAIWAN.

TABLE 2 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF DESTINATION.

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VALUE OF OR

BY COMMODITY SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THE ANALYSED RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA WERE RECORDED FOR TEXTILES (BY $7,172 MILLION

AND MACHINERY 20.1%); ROAD VEHICLES (BY $6,769 MILLION OR 120.1%); SPECIALISED FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES (BY $6,511 MILLION OR 94.4%).

IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO RECORDED FOR ORGANIC CHEMICALS (BY $249 MILLION OR 8.0%); ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS (BY $77 MILLION OR 9.2%)

DECREASES HOWEVER,

STATES, MISCELLANEOUS

AS

RE-EXPORTS REGARDS

ΤΟ THE

UNITED

INCREASES IN VALUE

FOR RECORDED WERE

CHINA WERE AND CRUDE

SIGNIFICANT MANUFACTURED

MILLION OR

ARTICLES CONSISTING OF MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $12,142 MILLION OR 40.1%); FOOTWEAR (BY $5,535 35.8%); AND CLOTHING (BY $4,820 MILLION OR 28.8%).

DECREASES HOWEVER,

STATES WERE

THE UNITED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO

MOLLUSCS AND AQUATIC FOR FISH, CRUSTACEANS, RECORDED

AND INVERTEBRATES AND PREPARATIONS THERMOP (BY $73 MILLION OR 10.6%);

$35 MILLION OR EDIBLE PRODUCTS AND PREPARATIONS (BY MISCELLANEOUS

24.1%).

OF HONG KONG'S

STATISTICS DETAILED

ARE

TRADE RE-EXPORT PUBLISHED IN THE DECEMBER 1992 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE" REPORT WHICH WILL BE ON SALE AT $52 A COPY AROUND FEBRUARY 22.

THE REPORT IS

AVAILABLE AT

PUBLICATIONS BUILDING, THE CENSUS

THE GOVERNMENT GENERAL POST OFFICE SALES CENTRE ON THE GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AND THE PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON THE 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI.

BATTERY

STATISTICS

PATH,

ΤΟ

HONG

THE

ENQUIRIES ABOUT SUBSCRIPTION TO THE REPORT MAY BE DIRECTED

MISSION BUILDING, THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT FRENCH

ON TRADE ENQUIRIES AND 8802) KONG (TEL 842

(TEL 582 4915). CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT

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