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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1993

HK'S EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS FOR AUGUST

BY

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) RELEASED DETAILED STATISTICS ON EXTERNAL TRADE WITH BREAKDOWN COUNTRY/TERRITORY AND COMMODITY FOR AUGUST1993,

THE VALUR OF RE-EXPORTS IN AUGUST 1993, AT $72,903 MILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 20% OVER AUGUST 1992, WHEREAS THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AT $19,627MILLION DECREASED BY 5.8%.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO MOST OF THE MAJOR DESTINATIONS CHINA (+35%), SINGAPORE (+28%), CANADA (+27%), GERMANY (+23%),\THE UNITED STATES (+22%), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+19%), FRANCE (+17%),\THE UNITED KINGDOM (+16%) AND JAPAN (+11%).

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

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR DESTINATIONS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

THE

$525, 195 1992.

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

COMPARING THE FIRST EIGHT 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 (+27%), GERMANY (+23%), THE UNITED STATES (+23%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+22%), FRANCE (+20%), JAPAN (+16%), CANADA (+15%) AND THE REPUBLIC OF KORBA (+9.0%).

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 BIGHT 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 $13,624 MILLION OR 149%); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $10,531 MILLION OR 32%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $10,111 MILLION OR 31%); FOOTWEAR (BY $8.911 MILLION 40%); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING OF MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $8,806 MILLION OR 15%); CLOTHING (BY 97,234 MILLION OR 15%); AND TEXTILES (BY $1,553 MILLION OR 3.5%).

OR

THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN AUGUST 1993, AT $19,627 MILLION, FELL BY 5.8% OVER AUGUST 1992.

/DECREASES WERE

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