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TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1976.
EXPORTS UP BY $258 M LAST MONTH
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THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S DOMESTIC EXPORTS FOR MAY WAS $2,692 MILLION, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF $258 MILLION OR 10.6 PER CENT, BY VALUE, COMPARED WITH APRIL.
ACCORDING TO PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WENT UP BY 8.6 PER CENT OR $299 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 14 PER CENT OR $92 MILLION COMPARED WITH APRIL.
THE FIGURES FOR THE PERIOD MARCH TO MAY 1976 SHOWED INCREASES, BY VALUE, OF 52.2 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 40.8 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 29.4 PER CNET FOR RE-EXPORTS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1975.
THE FIGURES FOR THE 12-MONTH PERIOD FROM JUNE 1975 TO MAY 1976 COMPARED WITH THOSE OF THE PREVIOUS 12-MONTH PERIOD SHOWED INCREASES, BY VALUE, OF 25.5 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 20.9 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 16.9 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS.
THE FOLLOWING TRADE TABLE GIVES THE COMPARATIVE FIGURES:-
COMPARATIVE FIGURES
LATEST 3 MONTHS
MAR.-MAY 1976
MAR.-MAY 1975
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
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DOMESTIC EXPORTS
7,638
5,020
IMPORTS
10,735
7,624
RE-EXPORTS
2,156
1,666
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+ 2,619
+ 52.2
+ 3,110
+ 40.8
LATEST MONTH
MAY
APRIL
490 + 29.4
INCREASE OR
1976
1976
DECREASE
$ MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
2,692
2,434
258
+ 10.6
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(78.2%)
(78.7%)
IMPORTS
3,768
3,469
299
8.6
RE-EXPORTS
751
659
92
+ 14.0
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(21.8%)
(21.3%)
JAN.-MAY
JAN.-MAY
CALENDAR YEAR TO DATE
1976
1975
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
11,970
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(77.3%)
7.927 (74.8%)
+ 4,043
+ 51.0
IMPORTS
16,954
12,184
RE-EXPORTS
3.522
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(22.7%)
2,666 (25.2%)
+ 4,770 856
+ 39.1
+ 32.1
/JUNE 1975
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