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Friday, March 29, 1974
FEBRUARY EXPORTS UP BY NEARLY 21 PER CENT
The value of Hong Kong!s domestic exports for February this
year was $1,507 million
an increase of $261 million or 20.9 per
cent over February 1973, according to provisional trade figures released
today by the Census and Statistice Department.
Imports were up in value by 33.3 per cent as compared with
the same month last year, while re-exports increased by 62.2 per cent.
Commenting on these figures, Mrs. F. Hsiung, Assistant Director
of Commerce and Industry said that figures for the period January to
February this year showed increases over the same period in 1973 of
38.3 per cent for domestic exports, 61.6 per cent for re-exports and
32.1 per cent for imports.
For the 12-month period March 1973 to February 1974, domestic
exports went up by 32.1 per cent over the previous 12-month period,
while re-exports rose by 61.8 per cent and imports by 34.7 per cent.
A. table with comparative figures is given below for easy
reference:
MERCHANDISE:
Domestic Exports
Imports
: $1,507 million
: $2,553 million
Re-exports
: $ 591 million
/COMPARATIVE FIGURES .***.