MONDAY, MAY 31, 1976
EXPORTS UP BY $774 M. -ÎN APRIL
*****
THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S DOMESTIC EXPORTS FOR APRIL WAS $2,434 MILLION WHICH REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF $774 MILLION OR 46.6 PER CENT BY VALUE COMPARED WITH THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
ACCORDING TO PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WENT UP BY 38.1 PER CENT AND THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS BY 18.8 PER CENT COMPARED WITH APRIL 1975.
THE FIGURES FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY TO APRIL 1976 SHOWED INCREASES, BY VALUE, OF 49.9 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 38.7 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 31.1 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS, COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1975.
THE FIGURES FOR THE 12-MONTH PERIOD FROM MAY 1975 TO APRIL 1976 COMPARED WITH THOSE OF THE PREVIOUS 12-MONTH PERIOD SHOWED INCREASES, BY VALUE, OF 18.5 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 14.6 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 11.8 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS.
THE FOLLOWING TRADE TABLE GIVES THE COMPARATIVE FIGURES: -
COMPARATIVE FIGURES
APRIL 1976
APRIL 1975
INCREASE OR DECREASE
$ MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
2,434
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(78.7%)
1,660 (75.0%)
774 + 46.6
IMPORTS
3,469
2,513
+ 956
+ 38.1
RE-EXPORTS
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
659 (21.3%)
555 (25.0%)
104
+ 18.8
FEB.-APR.
1976
FEB.-APR.
1975
INCREASE OR DECREASE
$ MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
6,695
4,554
+2,142 + 47.0
IMPORTS
9,950
7,101
+2,849
+ 40.1
RE-EXPORTS
2.041
1.598
443
+ 27.7
/JAN.-APR.
י