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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1993

HK'S EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS FOR JULY

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

BY

THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS IN JULY, AT $76,503 MILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 26% OVER JULY 1992, WHEREAS THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AT $21,369 MILLION DECREASED MARGINALLY BY 0.1%.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA REGISTERED A VERY SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE OF 39%. SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED FOR THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+32%), SINGAPORE (+32%), CANADA (+31%), FRANCE (+30%), GERMANY (+30%), JAPAN (+28%), THE UNITED STATES (+28%) AND THE UNITED KINGDOM (+21%).

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN DECREASED BY 12%.

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS TO THE 10

MAJOR DESTINATIONS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS IN THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF 1993 WAS $452,292 MILLION, BEING 22% HIGHER THAN THAT IN THE SAME PERIOD IN

1992.

COMPARING THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF 1993 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO MOST OF THE MAJOR DESTINATIONS CHINA (+36%), SINGAPORE (+26%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+24%), GERMANY (+23%), THE UNITED STATES (+23%), FRANCE (+21%), JAPAN (+17%), CANADA (+14%) AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+7.7%).

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN DECREASED BY 17%.

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

IN

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

OF

ALL

(BY

AND

MORE NOTABLE INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ROAD VEHICLES $12,287 MILLION OR 161%); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $9,116 MILLION OR 32%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $8,724 MILLION OR 31%); FOOTWEAR (BY $7,825 MILLION OR 41%); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING OF MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $7,194 MILLION OR CLOTHING (BY $6,297 MILLION OR 15%); AND TEXTILES (BY $1,370 OR 3.6%).

15%); MILLION

/AS REGARDS