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Thursday, September 28, 1972
DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASE BY 8.5 PER CENT
Hong Kong's domestic exporte last month were valued at $1,417
million, a rise of 8.5 per cent or $111 million over the figure for
August 1971, according to provisional trade figures issued today by the
Census and Statistics Department.
At the same time, imports jumped by 18.9 per cent or $30 million
to $1,895 million. Re-exports also increased substantially over those of
August last year and were worth $370 million an increase of 33.3 per
cent or $93 million.
A spokesman for the Commerce and Industry Department said today
that during the three-month period from June to August this year,
domestic exports totalled $4,052 million, imports $5,680 million and
re-exports 31,096 million.
Compared with the corresponding period in 1971, these figures
represented increases of 7.7 per cent, 11.5 per cent and 26.7 per cent
respectively.
Figures for the eight-month period from January to August
show increases over the same period last year of 8.7 per cent for domestic
exports, 5.2 per cent for imports and 18.6 per cent for re-exports.
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