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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1993

EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS FOR SEPTEMBER

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

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THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS IN SEPTEMBER 1993, AT $75, 198 MILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 17% OVER SEPTEMBER 1992, WHEREAS THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AT $19,456 MILLION DECREASED BY 7.9%.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO MOST OF THE MAJOR DESTINATIONS: THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+29%), SINGAPORE (+24%), CHINA (+24%), GERMANY (+21%), JAPAN (+21%), THE UNITED STATES (+18%), CANADA (+17%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+13%) AND FRANCE (+8.0%).

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN DECREASED BY 4,1%.

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

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THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1993 WAS $600,393 MILLION, BEING 21% HIGHER THAN THAT IN THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992.

COMPARING THE FIRST NINE 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 (+35%), SINGAPORE

(+26%), GERMANY (+23%), THE UNITED STATES (+22%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+21%), FRANCE (+19%), JAPAN (+17%), CANADA (+16%) AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+11%).

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN DECREASED BY 16%.

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

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

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MORE NOTABLE INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ROAD VEHICLES $14,538 MILLION OR 135%); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $12,208 MILLION OR 32%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $11,409 MILLION OR 30%); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING OF MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $9,764 MILLION OR 14%); FOOTWEAR (BY $9,750 MILLION OR 38%); CLOTHING (BY $8,721 MILLION OR 15%); AND TEXTILES (BY $1,959 MILLION OR 4.0%).

THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN SEPTEMBER 1993, AT $19,456 MILLION, FELL BY 7.9% OVER SEPTEMBER 1992.

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