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(11)

over a year earlier (paragraph 17). Its exports also

Record results were attained at the

Commodity Fair held in Guangzhou

grew

70th

rapidly.

Export

(paragraph 18).

In the first

Kong remained

three quarters of 1991, China and Hong

each other's largest trading partner.

The value of total visible trade between them reached

HK$357 billion (paragraph 22), with Hong Kong

incurring a visible trade deficit of HK$61 billion

(paragraph 27).

In the first three quarters of 1991, the values of

Hong Kong's domestic exports and re-exports to China

increased by 14% and 39% respectively. Apart from

the continued growth in outward processing trade,

relaxation of import control by the Chinese

government also contributed to the growth in Hong

Kong's exports to China (paragraph 23).

(12) The growth in Hong Kong's re-exports of China origin

remained rapid, at 31% in money terms in the first

three quarters of 1991 (paragraph 25). The value of

Hong Kong's retained imports of China origin

increased by 13% (paragraph 26).

(13)

Recent

Cross-border inter-bank activities accelerated in the

third quarter of 1991 (paragraph 28).

fund-raising activities in Hong Kong for financing

investment in China have attracted a wider

participation of banks from different countries

(paragraph 29).

Throughout the first three quarters

of 1991, both customer deposits with and domestic

loans extended by China-related banks in Hong Kong

increased more rapidly than those for all licensed

banks in Hong Kong (paragraph 30).

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