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TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1994

COMPARING

IN

INCREASED:

THE

JAPAN

THE FIRST 11 MONTHS OF 1993 WITH THE SAME PERIOD

SUPPLIERS 1992, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ALL THE MAJOR SINGAPORE (+23%), MALAYSIA (+22%), ITALY (+22%), GERMANY (+15%), UNITED STATES (+14%), CHINA (+13%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+11%), (+9.1%), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+9.0%) AND TAIWAN (+8.8%).

OF 1993 THE VALUE

IN THE FIRST 11 MONTHS OF IMPORTS $976,548 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF 13% OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1992.

TABLE 6 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORT'S OF MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

י

WAS

THE 10

IN MAJOR

COMPARING THE FIRST 11 MONTHS OF 1993 WITH THE SAME PERIOD INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF MOST COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

1992,

65%);

L

VEHICLES (BY MORE NOTABLE INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ROAD

OR

AND $18,764 MILLION

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $18,473 MILLION OR 21%);

AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS

OR BQUIPMENT (BY $15,501 MILLION OR 23%); CLOTHING (BY $9,803 MILLION

OR (BY $9,489 MILLION FOOTWEAR 13%);

AND MISCELLANEOUS 33%); MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING OF MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $7,478 MILLION OR 11%).

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, A DECREASE IN THE VALUE OF RECORDED FOR TEXTILES (BY $2,207 MILLION OR 2.4%).

IMPORTS WAS

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

A SEPARATE ANALYSIS OF THE VOLUME AND PRICE MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE FOR NOVEMBER 1993 WILL BE RELEASED EARLY NEXT MONTH.

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

THE NOVEMBER 1993 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE" DETAILED ANALYSES OF THE PERFORMANCE OF HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE NOVEMBER 1993 WILL BE ON SALE AT $68.50 A COPY AROUND JANUARY 18.

THE REPORT CAN BE BOUGHT EITHER AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRE ON THE GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING,

THE PLACE, CENTRAL. OR AT THE PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON THE 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER, ROAD, WAN CHAT.

WITH

IN

PUBLICATIONS CONNAUGHT

AND CENSUS 12 HARBOUR

ENQUIRIES ABOUT REGULAR

SUBSCRIPTION TO THE

REPORT MAY BE AT FRENCH MISSION ENQUIRIES ON DEPARTMENT (TEL 582

DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG (TEL 842 8802) AND

TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS STATISTICS

TRADE 4915).

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