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THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1994

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OVER THE SAME PERIOD, A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WAS RECORDED FOR ROAD VEHICLES (BY $5.7 BILLION OR 20%).

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 JUNE 1994 WILL BE RELEASED IN EARLY SEPTEMBER 1994.

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

THE JUNE 1994 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE" WITH DETAILED ANALYSES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE IN JUNE 1994 WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT $86 PER COPY AROUND AUGUST 26.

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) 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 BE DIRECTED то THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT FRENCH MISSION BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG ON TEL 842 8802 AND ENQUIRIES TRADE STATISTICS TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL 582 4915.

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TABLE 1: RE-EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAIN DESTINATIONS

DESTINATION

JUN 1994

JUN 94 OVER JUN 93

JAN-JUN

1994

(HKD MN.)

(X CHANGE)

(HKD MN.)

JAN-JUN 94 OVER JAN-JUN 93 (% CHANGE)

CHINA

28,099

+19.5

151,283

+17.0

UNITED STATES

18,704

+23.8

90,104

+15.4

JAPAN

3,918

+22.5

23,363

+24.8

GERMANY

3,456

+7.9

19,366

+6.0

UNITED KINGDOM

2,340

+15.0

12,229

+19.6

TAIWAN

1,889

+13.2

10.712

1.2

SINGAPORE

1,622

+19.1

8,999

+11.1

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

1,495

+35.3

8,194

+14.4

FRANCE

1,132

+11.2

6,322

+2.1

NETHERLANDS

1,046

+8.0

6,280

+12.

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