Analysis by country/territory:
Comparing July 2007 with July 2006, significant increases were registered in the values of total exports to many major destinations, in particular Germany (+20.1%), France (+18.6%), the mainland of China (the Mainland) (+13.3%) and the Netherlands (+12.7%).
Over the same period of comparison, significant increases were registered in the values of imports from most major suppliers, in particular India (+49.9%), Singapore (+22.3%), Malaysia (+13.7%), Korea (+13.0%) and the Mainland (+10.4%).
For the first seven months of 2007 as a whole, year-on-year increases were registered in the values of total exports to most major destinations, in particular the Mainland (+14.4%), France (+9.3%), the Netherlands (+9.2%), Germany (+7.2%) and Taiwan (+6.5%).
Over the same period of comparison, year-on-year increases were registered in the values of imports from all major suppliers, in particular India (+25.3%), Singapore (+20.2%), the Mainland (+13.1%), the United States of America (+11.7%) and Japan (+7.8%).
Census and Statistics Department
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