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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1977
PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR DECEMBER 1976
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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY PUBLISHED THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL MERCHANDISE TRADE DURING DECEMBER 1976. THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS FOR DECEMBER WAS $3,092 MILLION, IMPORTS WERE WORTH $4,067 MILLION AND RE- EXPORTS $812 MILLION.
THE FIGURES FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 1976 (LATEST THREE MONTHS) SHOWED INCREASES, BY VALUE, COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1975 OF 33.7 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 20 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 27.3 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS.
COMPARED WITH THE SAME MONTH IN 1975, INCREASES, BY VALUE,
+ OF $800 MILLION OR 34.9 PER CENT IN EXPORTS, $629 MILLION OR 18.3 PER CENT IN IMPORTS AND $186 MILLION OR 29.7 PER CENT IN RE- EXPORTS WERE RECORDED.
THE SHORT TERM CHANGES, DECEMBER 1976 COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1976, SHOWED INCREASES OF $301 MILLION OR 10.8 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND $365 MILLION OR 9.9 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS. THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS DECLINED BY $6 MILLION OR 0.7 PER CENT.
THE FIGURES FOR THE WHOLE YEAR OF 1976 COMPARED WITH THOSE OF 1975 SHOWED INCREASES, BY VALUE, OF 42.7 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 29.3 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 28 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS.
INCREASE OR DECREASE
$MN. PERCENTAGE
+ 2,220 + 33.7
OCTOBER-
OCTOBER-
DECEMBER
DECEMBER
LATEST THREE MONTHS
1976
1975
$ MN.
$ MN.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
8,807
6,586
IMPORTS
11,715
9,762
+ 1,953 + 20.0
RE-EXPORTS
2,437
1,914
523
SAME MONTH
DECEMBER
DECEMBER
LAST YEAR
1976
1975
$ MN.
$ MN.
$MN.
+ 27.3
INCREASE OR DECREASE
PERCENTAGE
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
3,092
2,292
800
+ 34.9
(PERCENTAGE OF
(79.2
(78.5
TOTAL EXPORTS)
PER CENT)
PER CENT)
IMPORTS
4,067
3,438
629
+ 18.3
RE-EXPORTS
812
626
186
+ 29.7
(PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(20.8
21.5
PER CENT)
PER CENT)
/LAST MONTH