FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1974.
VALUE OF JUNE EXPORTS UP. BY $437 MILLION
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THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S DOMESTIC EXPORTS LAST MONTH AMOUNTED TO $2,074 MILLION AN INCREASE OF $437 MILLION OR 26.7 PER CENT OVER JUNE 1973, ACCORDING TO PROVISIONAL TRADE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
IMPORTS DURING THE MONTH WENT UP IN VALUE BY 32.5 PER CENT TO A TOTAL OF $3.158 MILLION, WHILE RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 17.2 PER CENT TO $606 MILLION.
FIGURES FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, SHOW INCREASES BY VALUE OF 40.3 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 46.4 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS, AND 44.3 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS.
OVER THE 12-MONTH PERIOD JULY 1973 TO JUNE 1974, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 38.5 PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS 12-MONTH PERIOD, WHILE RE-EXPORTS WENT UP BY 58.3 PER CENT AND IMPORTS BY 44.8 PER CENT.
FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF BREAKDOWN AND COMPARATIVE FIGURES:
JUNE
JUNE
1974
1973
INCREASE OR DECREASE
$MN.
$IN.
$MN.
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
2,074
1.637
+ 437
+ 26.7
IMPORTS
3.158
2,382
+ 775
+ 32.5
RE-EXPORTS
606
517
+ 89
+ 17.2
APR.-JÚNE
APR.-JUNE
INCREASE OR
1974
1973
DECREASE
$MN.
$MN.
$MN.
%%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
6.199
4,408
+ 1,791
+ 40.6
IMPORTS
9,774
6.656
+ 3,118
+ 46.8
RE-EXPORTS
1,894
1,350
544
+ 40.3
JAN.-JUNE
JAN.-JUNE
1974
1973
$MN.
$MN.
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$MN.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
11,472
8,177
+ 3.295
+ 40.3
IMPORTS
17,839
12,364
+ 5,475
+ 44.3
RE-EXPORTS
3,699
2,527
+ 1,172
+ 46.4
/JULY 1973