SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1975.
PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR NOVEMBER 1974. ******
THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S DOMESTIC EXPORTS FOR NOVEMBER 1974 DROPPED BY $124 MILLION TO $1,811 MILLION, A DECREASE OF 6.4 PER CENT OVER NOVEMBER 1973.
ACCORDING TO PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FOR THE MONTH WENT DOWN BY 15.5 PER CENT AND THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS BY 13.5 PER CENT OVER THE FIGURES FOR NOVEMBER 1973.
FIGURES FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY-NOVEMBER 1974 SHOW INCREASES BY VALUE OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1973 OF 20.9 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 11.8 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS AND 21.7 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS DURING THE 12-MONTH PERIOD DECEMBER 1973 TO NOVEMBER 1974 WENT UP IN VALUE BY 23.6 PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS 12-MONTH PERIOD, WHILE RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 14.7 PER CENT AND IMPORTS BY 24 PER CENT.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE GIVES THE BREAKDOWN AND COMPARATIVE FIGURES.
COMPARATIVE FIGURES
NOVEMBER 1974
NOVEMBER 1973
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
6
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
1,811
1.935
124
6.4
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(76.2%)
(74.7%)
IMPORTS
2,574
3,048
RE-EXPORTS
567
656
89
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(23.8%)
(25.3%)
SEPT.-NOV. 1974
SEPT.-NOV. 1973
473
-
15.5
- 13.5
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
5,416
5,755
338
5.9
IMPORTS
7,707
8,755
-1,048
12.0
RE-EXPORTS
1,686
2,140
454
21.2
JAN.-NOV.
JAN.-NOV.
INCREASE OR
1974
1973
DECREASE
MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
%
/DOMESTIC EXPORTS