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TABLE 2! EXTERNAL TRADE BY OCEAN BY MAJOR TRADING PARTNER

MAJOR TRADING PARTNER

JAN-DEC

1992

HKD Mn.

JAN-DEC

1991 HKD Mn.

YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE

HKD Mn.

X

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

(COUNTRY OF DESTINATION)

UNITED STATES

38,494

37,610

884

2.3

GERMANY

9.716

11,861

2,144

18.1

UNITED KINGDOM

9,132

10,093

960

9.5

JAPAN

4,555

4,666

111

2.4

TAIWAN

3.586

3,564

22

+

0.6

ALL COUNTRIES

102,913

107,434

4,521

4.2

RE-EXPORTS

(COUNTRY OF DESTINATION)

UNITED STATES

CHINA

JAPAN

GERMANY

UNITED KINGDOM

ALL COUNTRIES

TOTAL EXPORTS

(COUNTRY OF DESTINATION)

127,544

95,451

32,093

33.6

33.857

18,722

15,135

+

80.8

27,750

21,203

6,548

30.9

26,920

26,243

677

2.6

17,057

12,264

417,865

324,010

+

4,793 93,854

39.1

29.0

UNITED STATES

166,038

133,061

32,977

+

24.8

CHINA

36,803

20,903

15,900

76.1

GERMANY

36,637

38, 101

1,467

3.9

JAPAN

32,305

25,868

+

6,437

24.9

UNITED KINGDOM

26, 190

22,357

3,833

17.1

ALL COUNTRIES

520,778

431,445

89,333

+

20.7

IMPORTS

(SUPPLIER)

JAPAN

130,475

95,605

34,870

+

36.5

TAIWAN

76,498

66,647

9,850

14.8

UNITED STATES

39,560

34,426

5,133

14.9

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

38,307

29,845

9,462

28.4

CHINA

37,260

31,243

6,017

19.3

ALL COUNTRIES

467,720

376,585

91,134

24.2

/TABLE 3