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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1974
SEPTEMBER EXPORTS UP BY $61 MILLION
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THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR WAS $1,981 MILLION, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF $61 MILLION OR 3.2 PER CENT BY VALUE OVER THE SAME MONTH IN 1973.
ACCORDING TO PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS DECREASED BY 0.9 PER CENT TO $2,681 MILLION WHILE THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS ALSO DECREASED BY 18.9 PER CENT TO $598 MILLION.
FIGURES FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1974 SHOW INCREASES BY VALUE OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1973 OF 29.7 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 22.4 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS AND 33.5 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE GIVES A LIST OF COMPARATIVE TRADE FIGURES -
COMPARATIVE FIGURES
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· SEPTEMBER
1974
SEPTEMBER
1973
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
MN.
MN.
$
MN. %
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
1,981
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS).
(76.8%)
1.920 (72.2%)
+ 61
+ 3.2
F
IMPORTS
2,681
2,704
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- 24
- 0.9
RE-EXPORTS
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
598 (23.2%)
738 (27.85%)
-140. -18.9
JULY-SEPT→
1974
JULY-SEPT
1973
MN.
$
MN.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
6.273
5,503
IMPORTS
8,713
7,533
RE-EXPORTS'
1,812
1,976
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$. MN. %
+ 770 +14.0
+1180 +15.7
164
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- 8.3
/JAN.-SEPT
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