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MONDAY, JULY 12, 1993

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HK'S EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS FOR MAY

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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY) RELEASED DETAILED STATISTICS ON EXTERNAL TRADE WITH BREAKDOWN COUNTRY/TERRITORY AND COMMODITY FOR MAY 1993.

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THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS IN MAY 1993, AT $66,935 MILLION, SHOWED A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE OF 17% OVER MAY 1992, WHEREAS DOMESTIC EXPORTS DECREASED BY 6.5% TO $18,149 MILLION OVER THE SAME PERIOD.

COMPARING MAY 1993 WITH MAY 1992, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS ΤΟ THE NETHERLANDS, CHINA, GERMANY, THE UNITED STATES, SINGAPORE, FRANCE AND THE UNITED KINGDOM INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 29%, 28%, 26%, 25%, 24%, 16% AND 13% RESPECTIVELY.

THAT TO JAPAN AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA INCREASED BY 9.0% AND 4.2% RESPECTIVELY.

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN DECREASED BY 13%.

THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS IN THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF 1993 WAS $308,748 MILLION, 23% HIGHER THAN THAT IN THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992.

COMPARING THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF 1993 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO MOST OP THE MAJOR DESTINATIONS : CHINA (+38%), THE NETHERLANDS (+32%), SINGAPORE (+27%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+26%), THE UNITED STATES (+25%), GERMANY (+23%), FRANCE (+21%), JAPAN (+14%) AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+4.9%).

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN DECREASED BY 18%.

COMPARING THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF 1993 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS OF ALL MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

MORE NOTABLE INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ROAD VEHICLES (BY $8,994 MILLION OR 180%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $6,030 MILLION OR 31%); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $5,855 MILLION OR 31%); FOOTWEAR (BY $5,645 MILLION OR 45%); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING OF MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $5,214 MILLION OR 16%); CLOTHING (BY $4,295 MILLION OR 15%); AND TEXTILES (BY $1,044 MILLION OR 4.0%).

AS REGARDS DOMESTIC EXPORTS, INCREASES OF 17% AND 12% IN VALUE WERE RECORDED FOR THOSE TO MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE RESPECTIVELY WHEN COMPARING MAY 1993 WITH MAY 1992. A SLIGHT INCREASE OF 1.0% WAS RECORDED FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO OTHER MAJOR DESTINATIONS : THE UNITED KINGDOM 22%), JAPAN (-22%), GERMANY (-9.4%), THE UNITED STATES (-9.3%), CANADA (-8.7%), THE NETHERLANDS (-8.0%) AND TAIWAN (-2.5%).

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