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TUESDAY, JANUARY 11. 1994

EXTERNAL TRADE FIGURES FOR NOVEMBER

BY

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

THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS IN NOVEMBER 1993, AT $72,351 MILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 14% OVER THE SAME MONTH IN 1992, WHEREAS THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS, AT $19,145 MILLION, DECREASED BY 5.8%.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO MOST OF THE MAJOR DESTINATIONS: GERMANY (+29%), JAPAN (+27%), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+22%), THE UNITED STATES (+21%), SINGAPORE (+21%), CANADA (+20%), CHINA (+15%), FRANCE (+11%) AND THE UNITED KINGDOM (+10%).

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN DECREASED BY 19%.

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 11 MONTHS OF 1993 WAS $749,450 MILLION, BBING 20% HIGHER THAN THAT IN THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992.

COMPARING THE FIRST 11 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 (+31%), SINGAPORE (+26%), GERMANY (+24%), THE UNITED STATES (+21%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+18%), JAPAN (+18%), FRANCE (+17%), CANADA (+15%) AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+13%).

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN DECREASED BY 1-5%.

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

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IN

COMPARING THE FIRST 11 MONTHS OF 1993 WITH THE SAME PERIOD 1992, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS OF ALL MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

MORE NOTABLE INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $15,732 MILLION OR 31%); ROAD VEHICLES (BY $14,847 MILLION OR 101%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $13,654 MILLION OR 28%); FOOTWEAR (BY $11,204 MILLION OR 35%); CLOTHING (BY $10,829 MILLION OR 15%); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING OF MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $10,749 MILLION OR 12%); AND TEXTILES (BY $2,636 MILLION OR 4.3%).

THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN NOVEMBER MILLION, FELL BY 5.8% OVER NOVEMBER 1992.

1993, AT

$19,145

/DECREASES WERE