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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1977
PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR JANUARY
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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY PUBLISHED THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL MERCHANDISE TRADE DURING JANUARY 1977. THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS FOR JANUARY WAS $2,690 MILLION, IMPORTS WERE WORTH $3,832 MILLION AND RE-EXPÓRTS $841 MILLION.
THE FIGURES FOR THE PERIOD NOVEMBER 1976 TO JANUARY 1977 (LATEST THREE MONTHS) SHOWED INCREASES, BY VALUE, COMPARED WITH THE PERIOD NOVEMBER 1975 TO JANUARY 1976 OF 20.2 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 18.7 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 22.8 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS.
COMPARED WITH THE SAME MONTH IN 1976, INCREASES, BY VALUE, OF $108 MILLION OR 4.2 PER CENT IN EXPORTS, $595 MILLION OR 18.4 PER CENT IN IMPORTS AND $111 MILLION OR 15.2 PER CENT IN RE-EXPORTS WERE RECORDED.
THE SHORT TERM CHANGES, JANUARY 1977 COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1976, SHOWED DECREASES OF $402 MILLION OR 13.0 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND $234 MILLION OR 5.8 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS. THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY $29 MILLION OR 3.6 PER CENT.
THE FIGURES FOR THE 12-MONTH PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY 1976 TO JANUARY 1977 COMPARED WITH THOSE OF THE PREVIOUS 12-MONTH PERIOD SHOWED INCREASES, BY VALUE, OF 37.5 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 27.9 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 25.7 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS.
THE FOLLOWING TRADE TABLE GIVES THE COMPARATIVE FIGURES:
LATEST 3 MONTHS
NOVEMBER 1976
TO JANUARY 1977
NOVEMBER 1975
TO JANUARY 1976
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
8,573
7,130
+1,443 +20.2
IMPORTS
11,599
9,774
+1,825
+18.7
RE-EXPORTS
2,470
2,012
+ 458
+22.8
/ SAME MONTH