TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1979
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AIRBORNE MERCHANDISE TRADE IN 1978 TOTALLED $25,982 MILLION
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AIRBORNE MERCHANDISE TRADE IN 1978, VALUED AT $25,982 MILLION, WAS ABOUT 39 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THAT IN 1977.
AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY 31 PER CENT REACHING $9,980 MILLION AND REPRESENTING A 25 PER CENT SHARE OF OVERALL DOMESTIC EXPORTS..
AIRBORNE IMPORTS ALSO INCREASED BY 45 PER CENT TO $11,811 MILLION WHILE RE-EXPORTS, AT $4,191 MILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 44 PER CENT.
AIRBORNE IMPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ACCOUNTED FOR 19 PER CENT AND 32 PER CENT OF TOTAL IMPORTS AND TOTAL RE-EXPORTS.
SUMMARY TRADE STATISTICS ON AIRBORNE MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR 1978 WERE RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY).
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES HONG KONG'S AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO SIX MAJOR MARKETS:
1978 (HK$ MN)
1977 (HK$ MN)
INCREASE (HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
U.S.A.
4,439
3,713
+ 726 ·
+ 20
·
F.R. OF GERMANY
4,170
819
+ 351
+ 43
JAPAN
721
444
+ 277
+ 62
U.K.
652
403
+ 249
+ 62
SWITZERLAND
298
233
65
+ 28
CANADA
282
249
33
+ 13
THE INCREASE IN AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS MAINLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE GROWTH IN DELIVERIES OF ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES ($3,686 MILLION, + 31 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($2,442 MILLION,+63 PER CENT), THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES AND MISCELLANEOUS ELECTRICAL APPARATUS ($892 MILLION, + NINE PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT ($855 MILLION, + NINE PER CENT) AS WELL AS JEWELLERY AND OTHER PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES ($533. MILLION, 19 PER CENT).
A MORE DETAILED BREAKDOWN REVEALED THAT THE GROWTH IN AIRBORNE EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A. WAS DUE MAINLY TO INCREASED DELIVERIES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES ($1,762 MILLION, +31 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($693 MILLION,+ 57 PER CENT), ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND PARTS FOR COMPUTERS ($554 MILLION, + TWO PER CENT) AND INTEGRATED MICRO CIRCUITS ($195 MILLION, + 16 PER CENT).
/GROWTH