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THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1994

EXPORTS AND EXPORTATION KONG TO

FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE SURVEY, EXPORTS (DOMESTIC RE-EXPORTS) TO CHINA FOR OUTWARD PROCESSING REFER TO THE OF RAW MATERIALS OR SEMI-MANUFACTURES FROM OR THROUGH HONG CHINA FOR PROCESSING WITH A CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENT FOR SUBSEQUENT RE- IMPORTATION OF THE PROCESSED GOODS INTO HONG KONG.

THE

IMPORTS FROM CHINA RELATED TO OUTWARD PROCESSING REFER TO

OR PART OF IMPORTATION OF PROCESSED GOODS FROM CHINA OF WHICH ALL

CONTRACTUAL THEIR RAW MATERIALS OR SEMI-MANUFACTURES HAVE BEEN UNDER

CHINA ARRANGEMENT PROCESSING.

EXPORTED

FROM OR

THROUGH

HONG

KONG

TO

FOR

THAN CHINA

HAVE

RE-EXPORTS OF CHINA ORIGIN TO ALL COUNTRIES OTHER PRODUCED THROUGH OUTWARD PROCESSING IN CHINA REFER TO THOSE RE-EXPORTS OF WHICH ALL OR PART OF THEIR RAW MATERIALS OR SEMI-MANUFACTURES BEEN EXPORTED FROM OR THROUGH HONG KONG TO CHINA FOR PROCESSING WITH A CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENT FOR SUBSEQUENT RE-IMPORTATION OF THE PROCESSED GOODS INTO HONG KONG.

THE STATISTICS, IT SHOULD BE NOTED

THAT THE

PROCESSING

IN INTERPRETING VALUE AND PROPORTION OF IMPORTS FROM CHINA AND RE-EXPORTS OF CHINA ORIGIN TO ALL COUNTRIES OTHER THAN CHINA INVOLVING OUTWARD IN CHINA REFER TO THOSE OF THE ENTIRE GOODS INSTEAD OF JUST THE ADDED CONTRIBUTED BY OUTWARD PROCESSING IN CHINA.

VALUR

TRADE

A SAMPLE OF TRADE DECLARATIONS IN RESPECT OF HONG KONG'S WITH CHINA (DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA, AND IMPORTS FROM ORIGIN TO ALL CHINA) AS WELL AS HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS OF CHINA COUNTRIES OTHER THAN CHINA IS SELECTED FOR ENUMERATION TO OBTAIN REQUIRED INFORMATION FROM THE ESTABLISHMENTS CONCERNED.

THE

EXPLAINED

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT

OF RECORDING TRADE THAT UNDER THE INTERNATIONALLY ACCEPTED SYSTEM FLOWS, ALL MOVEMENTS OF GOODS ACROSS THE BORDER, FOR WHATEVER PURPOSE, ARE RECORDED AS EXTERNAL TRADE.

PROCESSING

THUS THE MOVEMENTS OF GOODS ASSOCIATED WITH OUTWARD ARE CORRECTLY INCLUDED IN THE REGULAR TRADE STATISTICS, HE SAID.

HOWEVER, SURVEY,

A FACILITATE **THE FINDINGS OF THE INFORMED ANALYSIS OF THE NATURE OF HONG KONG-CHINA TRADE.

MORE

"IN THIS RESPECT, THE SURVEY RESULTS ARE A USEFUL SUPPLEMENT TO

HE SAID. THE REGULAR TRADE STATISTICS,

TT

OF

THE SURVEY RESULTS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE JUNE 1994 ISSUE

BY THE THE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE". THIS REPORT WILL BE ON SALE END OF THIS MONTH AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AND

DEPARTMENT, 19TH PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI AT $86 A COPY.

ENQUIRIES ON THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO SURVEYS AND RESEARCH SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS ON TELEPHONE 582 5037.

THE

TRADE DEPARTMENT

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