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SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 1978
HONG KONG'S EXPORTS EY AIR
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ABOUT 23 PER CENT OF HONG KONG'S DOMESTIC EXPORTS WORTH $3,975 MILLION WERE TRANSPORTED BY AIR 1 THE FIRST HALF OF 1978, ACCORDING TO TRADE FIGURES ISSUED BY THE CE SUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY.
THE FIGURES ALSO SHOW THAT AIRBORNE IMPORTS WERE VALUED AT 4,920 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS AT 1,023 MILLION, REPRESENTING 17 PER CENT AND 31 PER CENT OF OVERALL IMPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS RESPECTIVELY.
COMPARED WITH THE FIRST HALF OF 1977, AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN JANUARY-JURE 1978 REGISTERED INCREASES OF 27 PER CENT, 36 PER CENT AND 40 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES HONG KONG'S AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO SIX MAJOR MARKETS:
JAM.-JUNE 1973 JAN,-JUNE 1977 % CHANGES
(HK* 1*9)
(HK$ MN)
U.S.A.
1,704
1,492
+ 20;
F.R. OF GERVANY
471
341
+ 4155
JAPAN
257
176
+ 52;
U.K.
228
151
+ 51
SWITZERLAND AND LIECHTENSTE IN
133
105
+ 269
CANADA
105
94
+ 1250
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AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE ABOVE MAJOR MARKETS ACHIEVED SPECTACULAR GROWTH RATES IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1978. THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE DUE TO MORE DELIVERIES OF ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES (1,403 MILLION, 30 PER CENT), WATCHES AVD CLOCKS (3913 MILLION, + 62 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT 399 MILLION, + 14%). JEWELLERY, GOLDSMITHS'
GOLDSMITHS AND SILVERSITHS WARES (240 MILLION, + 17 PER CENT) AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STOKES AND JADE (370 VILLIC + 32 PER CENT).
A BREAKDOWN ANALYSIS REVEALED THE REMARKABLE GROWTH RATES OF AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS CF ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES TO F.R. CF GERMANY (254 ILLION, + 54 PER CENT), JAPAN (91 MILLION, +66 PER CENT) AND J.K. (^97 VILLICA, CENT).
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