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THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1993

HOWEVER, JAPAN, SINGAPORE AND THE UNITED KINGDOM REGISTERED EVEN MORE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES, BY 25%, 29% AND 15% RESPECTIVELY.

TABLE

4

THE SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

10

COMPARING

THE THREE MONTHS ENDING JANUARY 1993 WITH THE

VALUE ENDING JANUARY 1992, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE MONTHS IMPORTS OF ALL MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

THREE

OF

MORE NOTABLE INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ROAD VEHICLES

MILLION OR

$5,896 APPLIANCES,

(BY

99%), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $5,869 MILLION OR 31%); APPARATUS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING EQUIPMENT (BY $3,478 MILLION OR 22%); AND FOOTWEAR (BY $2,704 OR 44%).

MILLION

THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS AT $49,165 MILLION IN JANUARY 1993

1992. RECORDED A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE OF 26% OVER JANUARY

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

THE 10

INCREASES

WERE

SINGAPORE

COMPARING JANUARY 1993 WITH JANUARY 1992, RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO ALL THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF DESTINATION

THE :

UNITED KINGDOM (+31%), CHINA (+31%), (+30%), THE UNITED STATES (+27%), FRANCE (+27%), JAPAN (+26%), (+21%), CANADA (+17%), GERMANY (+16%) AND TAIWAN (+13%).

ITALY

COMPARING THE THREE MONTHS ENDING JANUARY 1993 WITH THE то MOST JANUARY 1992, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS MONTHS ENDING COUNTRIES OF DESTINATION RECORDED SIGNIFICANT INCREASES, EXCEPT TO TAIWAN WHICH DROPPED BY 2.2%.

THREE

MAJOR

THAT

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

10

OF

IN THE THREE MONTHS ENDING JANUARY 1993, INCREASES IN THE VALUE RE-EXPORTS OVER THE SAME PERIOD A YEAR AGO WERE RECORDED MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

FOR ALL

ELECTRICAL

(BY

MORE NOTABLE INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF $3,695 MILLION OR 35%); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING OF MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS MILLION OR 20%); ROAD VEHICLES (BY $3,499 MILLION OR 122%); (BY $3,151 MILLION OR 48%); AND TEXTILES (BY $2,320 MILLION OR 17%).

(BY

$3,641 FOOTWEAR

ALL THE TRADE STATISTICS DESCRIBED HERE ARE MEASURED AT CURRENT BETWEEN PRICES AND NO ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TAKEN OF THE CHANGES IN PRICES THE PERIODS OF COMPARISON.

A SEPARATE ANALYSIS OF THE VOLUME AND PRICE MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE FOR JANUARY 1993 WILL BE RELEASED IN EARLY APRIL.

/DETAILED TRADE