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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1993

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COMPARING THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1993 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992. THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ALL THE MAJOR SUPPLIERS INCREASED : MALAYSIA (+25%), SINGAPORE (+24%), ITALY (+21%), GERMANY (+19%), UNITED STATES (+19%), CHINA (+14%), JAPAN (+13%), THE REPUBLIC KOREA (+11%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+10%) AND TAIWAN (+9.8%).

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THE VALUE OF IMPORTS IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1993 WAS $790,505 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF 15% OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992.

TABLE 6 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS 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 IMPORTS OF MOST MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

MORE NOTABLE INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ROAD VEHICLES (BY $20,737 MILLION OR 97%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $15,329 MILLION OR 22%); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $12,431 MILLION OR 23%); FOOTWEAR (BY $8,391 MILLION OR 37%); CLOTHING (BY $7,799 MILLION OR 13%); AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING OF MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $7,158 MILLION OR 14%),

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, A DECREASE IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WAS RECORDED FOR TEXTILES (BY $1,726 MILLION OR 2.3%).

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

A SEPARATE ANALYSIS OF THE VOLUME AND PRICE MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE FOR SEPTEMBER 1993 WILL BE RELEASED IN BARLY DECEMBER.

DETAILED TRADE STATISTICS ANALYSED BY COMMODITY AND BY COUNTRY/ TERRITORY ARE PUBLISHED IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.

THE SEPTEMBER 1993 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE' WITH DETAILED ANALYSES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE IN SEPTEMBER 1993 WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT $68.50 A COPY AROUND NOVEMBER 24.

THE REPORT CAN BE PURCHASED AT CENTRE ON THE GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST I'LACE, CENTRAL, OR AT THE PUBLICATIONS STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON THE 19TH FLOOR, ROAD, WAN CHAI.

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ENQUIRIES ABOUT REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION ΤΟ THE REPORT MAY BE DIRECTED ΤΟ

INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT FRENCH MISSION BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG (TEL 842 8802) AND ENQUIRIES ON TRADE STATISTICS TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL 582 4915).

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