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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1994

IN

COMPARING

PERIOD SUPPLIERS SHOWED (+28%), SINGAPORE

THE

(+16%),

THE

UNITED

THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF 1994 WITH THE SAME 1993, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FROM ALL OF THE MAIN INCREASES OF VARIOUS MAGNITUDES: ITALY (+28%),

(+16%), THE REPUBLIC OF MALAYSIA

KOREA

UNITED

(+8.4%), (+14%), TAIWAN (+10%), GERMANY STATES (+8.0%) AND JAPAN (+4.0%).

CHINA (+24%), KINGDOM

THE

OF

1994,

AT

THIS

OF IMPORTS IN THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS VALUE $792.4 BILLION, INCREASED BY 13% OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1993. WAS SUPPORTED LARGELY BY THE GROWTH IN HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORT TRADE.

TABLE

6 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF PRINCIPAL COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

THE

10

COMPARING

IN

THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF 1994 WITH THE SAME

OF IMPORTS WERE RECORDED IN THE VALUE OF 1993, INCREASES PRINCIPAL COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

PERIOD MOST

$16.7

(BY

MORE NOTABLE INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY BILLION OR 29%); TEXTILES (BY $11.9 BILLION OR 18%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF

PROCESSING $11.6 BILLION OR 16%); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA MACHINES (BY $6.0 BILLION OR 26%); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES SPORTING GOODS CONSISTING MAINLY OF BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND (BY $5.0 BILLION OR 9.7%); AND CLOTHING (BY $4.7 BILLION OR 8.4%).

VALUE OF

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN THE IMPORTS WAS RECORDED FOR ROAD VEHICLES (BY $5.6 BILLION OR 15%).

ALL THE TRADE STATISTICS DESCRIBED HERE ARE MEASURED AT CURRENT BETWEEN PRICES AND NO ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TAKEN OF THE CHANGES IN PRICES THE PERIODS OF COMPARISON.

A

ANALYSIS SEPARATE

OF THE VOLUME AND

MOVEMENTS PRICE EXTERNAL TRADE FOR AUGUST 1994 WILL BE RELEASED IN EARLY NOVEMBER.

TRADE STATISTICS

DETAILED

ANALYSED BY

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

OF

BY

IN

TRADE" WITH THE AUGUST 1994 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL DETAILED ANALYSES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE

AROUND 1994 WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT $86 A COPY AUGUST

OCTOBER

24.

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THE

12

DIRECTED

BUILDING, TRADE 4915).

ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT MAY

AT THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT ΤΟ

FRENCH

ENQUIRIES 1 BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG (TEL 842 8802) AND STATISTICS

DEPARTMENT TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS

BE

MISSION

ON

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