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THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1994

HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS FOR MARCH RELEASED

BY

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY) RELEASED DETAILED STATISTICS ON EXTERNAL TRADE WITH BREAKDOWN COUNTRY/TERRITORY AND COMMODITY FOR MARCH 1994.

THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS IN MARCH 1994, AT $71.1 BILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 12% OVER MARCH 1993.

AMONGST THIS, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, THE UNITED KINGDOM, JAPAN, THE NETHERLANDS, THE UNITED STATES, TAIWAN AND SINGAPORE INCREASED BY 30%, 22%, 16%, 13%, 6.6%, 6.5%, 2. 1% AND 1.8% RESPECTIVELY.

NEVERTHELESS, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO FRANCE AND GERMANY DECREASED BY 14% AND 5.6% RESPECTIVELY.

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAIN DESTINATIONS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1994 WAS $197.3 BILLION, 13% HIGHER THAN THAT IN THE SAME PERIOD IN 1993.

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COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1994 WITH THE SAME PERIOD 1993, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO MOST THE MAIN DESTINATIONS: THE UNITED KINGDOM (+25%), JAPAN (+21%), CHINA (+19%), THE NETHERLANDS (+15%), THE UNITED STATES (+15%), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+14%), GERMANY (+8.1%), SINGAPORE (+7.8%) AND FRANCE (+1.2%).

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN DECREASED BY 5.1%.

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

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COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1994 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1993, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS OF ALL PRINCIPAL COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

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$1.7

MORE NOTABLE INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $5.8 BILLION OR 42%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $2.7 BILLION OR 19%); FOOTWEAR (BY BILLION OR 16%); ROAD VEHICLES (BY $1.7 BILLION OR 22%); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES (BY $1.3 BILLION OR 21%) AND CLOTHING (BY $1.2 BILLION OR 6.4%).

THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN MARCH 1994, AT $15.9 BILLION, DECREASED BY 8.2% OVER MARCH 1993.

DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM {-27%), GERMANY (-21%), CANADA (-20%), THE UNITED STATES (-7.4%), CHINA (-7.0%), THE NETHERLANDS (

4.3%), JAPAN AND TAIWAN (-2.0%).

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(-3.2%)

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