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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1994

HK'S EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS FOR DECEMBER

AND WHOLE YEAR OF 1993

*

BY

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY) RELEASED DETAILED STATISTICS ON EXTERNAL TRADE WITH BREAKDOWN COUNTRY/TERRITORY AND COMMODITY FOR DECEMBER AND THE WHOLE YEAR OF

1993.

THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS IN DECEMBER 1993, AT $73,774 SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 15% OVER DECEMBER 1992, WHEREAS THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS AT $20,582 MILLION DECREASED BY 5%.

MILLION,

VALUE OF

OF

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE RE-EXPORTS TO MOST OF THE MAJOR DESTINATIONS: THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+27%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+27%), THE UNITED STATES (+23%), JAPAN (+21%), GERMANY (+21%), CHINA (+17%), FRANCE (+13%), SINGAPORE (+7.3%) AND CANADA (+7.1%).

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

THE 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 WHOLE YEAR OF 1993 WAS $823,224 MILLION, BEING 19% HIGHER THAN THAT IN 1992.

COMPARING THE YEAR 1993 WITH THE YEAR 1992, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO MOST OF THE MAJOR DESTINATIONS: CHINA (+29%), SINGAPORE (+24%), GERMANY (+23%), THE UNITED STATES (+21%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+19%), JAPAN (+18%), FRANCE (+17%), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+14%) AND CANADA (+14%).

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

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

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COMPARING THE YEAR 1993 WITH THE YEAR 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 $18,320 MILLION OR 33%); ROAD VEHICLES (BY $15,560 MILLION OR 91%); ELECTRICAL

PARTS MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL THEREOF (BY $15,395 MILLION OR 29%); AND CLOTHING (BY $12,479 MILLION OR 16%),

MORE NOTABLE INCREASES WERE ALSO REGISTERED FOR FOOTWEAR (BY $11,899 MILLION OR 34%); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING OF MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $10,719 MILLION OR 11%); AND PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL

$6,847 MILLION GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY

OR

23%).

/THE VALUE