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MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1974
MARCH EXPORTS UP BY 42.8 PER CENT
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THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S DOMESTIC EXPORTS LAST MONTH WAS $1,870 MILLION -- AN INCREASE OF $561 MILLION OR 42.8 PER CENT OVER MARCH 1973, ACCORDING TO PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
IMPORTS INCREASED IN VALUE BY 59.3 PER CENT AND RE-EXPORTS BY 40.5 PER CENT OVER THE FIGURES FOR MARCH LAST YEAR.
FIGURES FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY TO MARCH 1974, SHOW INCREASES OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1973 OF 39.9 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS. 53.4 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS AND 41.3 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS.
FOR THE 12-MONTH PERIOD APRIL 1973 TO MARCH 1974, FIGURES SHOW AN INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS 12-MONTH PERIOD OF 33.6 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 60.5 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS AND 38.2 PER CENT FOR
MPORTS.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE GIVES THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR MARCH WITH COMPARISONS.
COMPARATIVE FIGURES
DOMESTIC EXPORTS IMPORTS RE-EXPORTS
$1,870 MILLION
$3,079 MILLION $ 639 MILLION
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+
MARCH 1974
$ MN.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
IMPORTS
1,870
3,079
RE-EXPORTS
639
JAN
MAR
1974
MARCH 1973
$ MN.
1,310 1,934 455
JAN
—
1973
MAR
INCREASE OR DECREASE
$ MN.
%%
+ 561
+1,146
+42.8 +59.3
+ 184
+40.5
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
$ MN.
$
MN.
%
+
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
5,273
3.769
IMPORTS
8,065
5.708
RE-EXPORTS
1,805
1,176
APRIL 1973
TO MARCH 1974
APRIL 1972 ·
TO MARCH 1973
+1,503 +39.9 +2,357 +41.3 + 628 +53.4
INCREASE OR DECREASE
$ MN.
$ MN
$
MN.
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%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
IMPORTS
RE-EXPORTS
20,978
31.362
7.153
15,704 22,697 4,456
+5.274 +33.6
+8,665 +38.2
+2,698 +60.5
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