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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1994

FOR

AND

ΤΟ

EXPORTS THE PURPOSE OF THE SURVEY, EXPORTS (DOMESTIC) RE-EXPORTS) TO CHINA FOR OUTWARD PROCESSING REFER TO THE EXPORTATION

RAW

KONG OF

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.

IMPORTATION

THEIR

ARRANGEMENT PROCESSING.

EXPORTED FROM

IMPORTS FROM CHINA RELATED TO OUTWARD PROCESSING REFER TO THE OF PROCESSED GOODS FROM CHINA OF WHICH ALL OR PART OF CONTRACTUAL RAW MATERIALS OR SEMI-MANUFACTURES HAVE BEEN UNDER

OR THROUGH HONG KONG 10 CHINA FOR

OF

RE-EXPORTS OF CHINA ORIGIN TO ALL COUNTRIES OTHER THAN CHINA, PRODUCED THROUGH OUTWARD PROCESSING IN CHINA, REFER

RE- THOSE

EXPORTS

WHICH ALL OR PART OF THEIR RAW

OR MATERIALS

SEMI- MANUFACTURES HAVE BEEN EXPORTED FROM OR THROUGH HONG KONG TO CHINA FOR PROCESSING, WITH A CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENT POR SUBSEQUENT RE- IMPORTATION OF THE PROCESSED GOODS INTO HONG KONG.

REFER

THE STATISTICS IN INTERPRETING

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE VALUE AND PROPORTION OF IMPORTS FROM CHINA AND RE-EXPORTS ORIGIN TO ALL COUNTRIES OTHER THAN CHINA, INVOLVING OUTWARD PROCESSING

OF IN

TO THOSE OF THE ENTIRE GOODS INSTEAD CHINA, VALUE-ADDED CONTRIBUTED BY OUTWARD PROCESSING IN CHINA.

T

OF

CHINA

JUST

THE

TRADE

A SAMPLE OF TRADE DECLARATIONS IN RESPECT OF HONG KONG'S WITH CHINA (DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA, AND IMPORTS FROM

AS CHINA)

WELL AS HONG KONG'S RE-EXPORTS OF CHINA

ΤΟ ORIGIN

ALL

COUNTRIES

THE OTHER THAN CHINA IS SELECTED FOR ENUMERATION TO OBTAIN REQUIRED INFORMATION FROM THE ESTABLISHMENTS CONCERNED.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT EXPLAINED UNDER THAT

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

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

PROCESSING

THE FINDINGS OF THE SURVEY, HOWEVER, FACILITATE A MORE INFORMED ANALYSIS OF THE NATURE OF HONG KONG-CHINA TRADE, HE SAID.

"THE SURVEY RESULTS ARE A USEFUL SUPPLEMENT TRADE STATISTICS," HE ADDED.

TO THE REGULAR

THE SURVEY RESULTS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE SFPTEMBER 1991 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE".

THE REPORT WILL BE ON SALE BY THE END OF THIS MONTH AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AND AT THE PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAT 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.

TOWER, 12

THE

TRADE DEPARTMENT

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