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TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1979
TOTAL TRADE VALUE FOR JANUARY-NOVEMBER 1978
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HONG KONG'S TOTAL TRADE VALUE FOR JANUARY-NOVEMBER 1978 WAS $104,584 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF 24 PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD OF 1977, TRADE FIGURES ISSUED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT SHOWED.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 16 PER CENT TO $36,398 MILL FON, IMPORTS BY 28 PER CENT TO $56,215 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 35 PER CENT TO $11,971 MILLION.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO 10 MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS AREI
1:37
JAN.-NOV.77 (HK$ MN.)
JAN.-NOV.78 (HK$ MN.)
INCREASE (HK$MN.)
PERCENTAGE
CHANGE
U.S.A.
12,284
13,670
+ 1,386
+ 11
F.R. OF GERMANY
3,183
3,843
661
+ 21
UNITED KINGDOM
2,633
3,414
781
+ 30
JAPAN
1,270
1,658
389
+ 31
AUSTRAL IA
1,144
1,362
218
+19
CANADA
1,075
1,144
69
+ 6
SINGAPORE
814
988
174
+21
THE NETHERLANDS
662
804
142
+ 21
SWITZERLAND AND
LIECHTENSTE IN
515
611
96
+ 19
NIGERIA
408
532
125
+ 31
BY COUNTRY, EXPORTS TO THE US ROSE BY 11 PER CENT, DUE MAINLY TO INCREASED SHIPMENTS OF ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES ($5,612 MILLION, +15 PER CENT) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($725 MILLION, +47 PER CENT), WHICH MORE THAN OFFSET THE DECLINES IN EXPORTS OF RADIO RECEIVERS ($522 MILLION,- 39 PER CENT) AND OF PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS ($1,060 MILLION, - 7 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN EXPORTS TO THE UK WERE RECORDED IN ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES ($1,711 MILLION, 30 PER CENT) WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($244 MILLION, +93 PER CENT), TEXTILE FABRICS ($363 MILLION, +34 PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT ($188 MILLION, + 63 PER CENT).
EXPORT SALES TO WEST GERMANY, JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA WERE BOOSTED BY INCREASED SHIPMENTS OF CLOTHING AND WATCHES.
AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS IS PRESENTED BELOW:
ARTICLES OF APPAREL
JAN.-NOV.77 JAN.-NOV,78 (HK$ MN.) (HK$ MN.)
INCREASE (HK$ MN.)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
12,355
13,980
+ 1,625
+ 13
AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES
MISCELLANEOUS