WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1975
AUGUST EXPORTS DOWN BY 5.8 PER CENT ******
THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN AUGUST FELL BY $126 MILLION OR 5.8 PER CENT TO $2,065 MILLION COMPARED WITH AUGUST LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS, AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS DROPPED BY $109 MILLION OR 3.7 PER CENT TO $2,856 MILLION, WHILE THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 1.5 PER CENT OR $9 MILLION TO $633 MILLION.
FOR THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS THIS YEAR, AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, DOMESTIC EXPORTS DECREASED BY 11.6 PER CENT IN VALUE, IMPORTS BY 13.9 PER CENT AND RE-EXPORTS BY 9.3 PER CENT.
THE VALUE FIGURES FOR THE 12-MONTH PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER 1974 TO AUGUST 1975, AS AGAINST THE SAME PREVIOUS 12 MONTHS, SHOWED DECREASES OF 10.2 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 13.7 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 13.1 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE GIVES THE COMPARATIVE FIGURES:
AUGUST 1975
AUGUST 1974
INCREASE OR DECREASE
$ MN.
$ MN.
MN.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
2,065
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(76.5%)
2,191 (77.8%)
126
5.8
IMPORTS
2,856
2,965
109
3.7
RE-EXPORTS
633
624
+
9
+
1.5
(%OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(23.5%)
(22.2%)
JUNE-AUGUST
1975
JUNE-AUGUST
1974
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
6,004
6,366
362
-
5.7
IMPORTS
8,373
9,190
817
6.9
RE-EXPORTS
1,787
1,820
32
-
1.8
/JAN.
AUG.
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