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COMPARING JANUARY 1994 WITH JANUARY 1993, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM MALAYSIA (+57%), ITALY (+51%), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+34%), CHINA (+33%), TAIWAN (+31%), SINGAPORE (+25%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+22%), JAPAN (+18%), THE UNITED STATES (+11%) AND GERMANY (+11%).

COMPARING THE THREE MONTHS ENDING JANUARY 1994 WITH THE THREE MONTHS ENDING JANUARY 1993, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM MOST OF THE MAJOR SUPPLIERS INCREASED: MALAYSIA (+32%), ITALY (+25%), SINGAPORE (+22%), CHINA (+20%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+19%), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+14%), TAIWAN (+10%), GERMANY (+9.2%) AND THE UNITED STATES (+3.1%).

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM JAPAN DECREASED BY 3.7%.

TABLE 6 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF THE 10 MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

COMPARING THE THREE MONTHS ENDING JANUARY 1994 WITH THE THREE ENDING JANUARY 1993. INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF MOST MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

MONTHS

MORE NOTABLE INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $7,603 MILLION OR 39%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $5,269 MILLION OR 21%); CLOTHING (BY $3,585 MILLION OR 18%); NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY $2,090 MILLION OR 31%); FOOTWEAR (BY $1,980 MILLION OR 22%); AND TEXTILES

(BY $1,675 MILLION OR 7.5%).

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, A DECREASE IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WAS RECORDED FOR ROAD VEHICLES (BY $4,069 MILLION OR 34%).

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 JANUARY 1994 WILL BE RELEASED IN EARLY APRIL 1994.

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

THE JANUARY 1994 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE" WITH DETAILED ANALYSES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE IN JANUARY 1994 WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT $86 PER COPY AROUND 18 MARCH 1994.

THE REPORT CAN BE PURCHASED EITHER AT (I) THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE ON THE GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, OR (II)

CENTRAL, OR (II) THE PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON THE 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER, HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI.

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ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT MAY DIRECTED) ΤΟ THE 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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