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FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1994

HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS FOR APRIL

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

THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS IN APRIL 1994, AT $74.8 BILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 11% OVER APRIL 1993.

AMONGST THIS, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN, THE UNITED STATES, CHINA, THE UNITED KINGDOM, SINGAPORE, THE NETHERLANDS, GERMANY AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA INCREASED BY 36%, 12%,

11%, 9.6%, 7.6%, 7.2%, 1.4% AND 0.4% RESPECTIVELY.

NEVERTHELESS, THE VALUR OF RE-EXPORTS TO FRANCE AND TAIWAN DECREASED BY 5.1% AND 1.7% 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 FOUR MONTHS OF 1994 WAS $272.1 BILLION, 13% HIGHER THAN THAT IN THE SAME PERIOD IN 1993.

COMPARING THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 1994 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1993, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN (+25%),

UNITED KINGDOM (+21%), CHINA (+17%), THE UNITED STATES (+14%), THE NETHERLANDS (+13%), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+10%), SINGAPORE (+7.8%) AND GERMANY (+6.4%).

HOWEVER, THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS TO TAIWAN AND FRANCE DECREASED MODERATELY BY 4.2% AND 0.6% RESPECTIVELY.

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

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COMPARING THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 1994 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1993, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS OF ALL

PRINCIPAL COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

MORE NOTABLE INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $8.0 BILLION OR 41%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $3.2 BILLION OR 16%); FOOTWEAR (BY

$2.0 BILLION OR 14%); TEXTILES (BY $1.9 BILLION OR 9.0%); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES (BY $1.8 BILLION OR 21%) AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING MAINLY OF BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $1.5 BILLION OR 5.2%).

THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN APRIL 1994, AT $16.6 BILLION, DECREASED BY 6.7% OVER APRIL 1993.

DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS то CANADA (-18%), GERMANY (-17%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (-13%), CHINA (-10%), THE NETHERLANDS (-8.3%), TAIWAN (-7.3%), JAPAN (-6.2%) AND SINGAPORE (-0.9%).

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