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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1976
SLIGHT DROP IN EXPORTS LAST MONTH ******
THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S DOMESTIC EXPORTS FOR OCTOBER WAS $2,924 MILLION, REPRESENTING A DECREASE OF $138 MILLION OR 4.5 PER CENT, BY VALUE, COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER.
ACCORDING TO PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS, HOWEVER, WENT UP BY $188 MILLION OR 5 PER CENT TO $3,947 MILLION WHILE RE-EXPORTS ALSO ROSE BY $8 MILLION OR ONE PER CENT TO $809 MILLION.
FIGURES FOR THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD AUGUST TO OCTOBER 1976 SHOWED INCREASES, BY VALUE, OF 38.8 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 21.5 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 22.6 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
FIGURES FOR THE 12-MONTH PERIOD FROM NOVEMBER 1975 TO OCTOBER 1976 COMPARED WITH THOSE OF THE PREVIOUS 12-MONTH PERIOD SHOWED INCREASES, BY VALUE, OF 43.2 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 31.2 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 26.5 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS.
THE FOLLOWING TRADE TABLE GIVES THE COMPARATIVE FIGURES :
LATEST 3 MONTHS
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
AUG.-OCT.
1976
AUG.-OCT. 1975
$
MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
9%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
IMPORTS
RE-EXPORTS
8,950
6,446
+2,504 +38.8
11,215
9,232
+1,982 +21.5
2,293
1,870
+ 423 +22.6
LATEST MONTH
OCTOBER
1976
SEPTEMBER
1976
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$
MN.
$
MN.
$ MN.
X
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
2,924
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(78.3%)
IMPORTS
3,947
3,061 (79.3%)
3,759
138
4.5
RE-EXPORTS
809
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(21.7%)
801 (20.7%)
188 + 5.0
8 + 1.0
/JAN.-OCT.