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MONDAY, JULY 16, 1979
TOTAL TRADE VALUE FOR JANUARY-MAY 1979
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HONG KONG'S TOTAL TRADE VALUE FOR JANUARY-MAY 1979 WAS $57,836 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF 37 PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD IN 1978, ACCORDING TO TRADE FIGURES RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY).
DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 33 PER CENT TO $18,824 MILLION, IMPORTS BY 36 PER CENT TO $31,560 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 53 PER CENT TO $7,452 MILLION.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO 10 MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS ARE AS
FOLLOWS:
JAN-MAY 79
(HK$ MN)
JAN-MAY 78 (HK$ MN)
INCREASE (HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
U.S.A.
6,194
5,367
+ 827
+ 15
U.K.
2,157
1,258
+ 899
+ 71
F.R. OF GERMANY
2,137
1,461
+ 676
+ 46
JAPAN
979
554
+ 425
+ 77
AUSTRALIA
635
504
+131
+ 26
CANADA
565
467
98
+ 21
SINGAPORE
504
381
+ 123
+ 32
NETHERLANDS
468
308
+ 160
+ 52
FRANCE
318
178
+ 140
+ 79
SWEDEN
316
180
+ 136
+ 76
DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S. ROSE BY 15 PER CENT, WITH INCREASES IN CLOTHING ($ 2,374 MILLION, 11 PER CENT), PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS ($ 511 MILLION, + 34 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND APPLIANCES ($ 489 MILLION, 39 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($ 322 MILLION, + 28 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND. DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN SALES OF RADIO BROADCAST RECEIVERS (3 189 MILLION, - 16 PER CENT) AND PLASTIC ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS ($ 86 MILLION, - 23 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.K. WERE MAINLY DUE TO THE RISE IN SHIPMENTS OF CLOTHING ($ 1,144 MILLION, + 72 PER CENT), TEXTILES ($ 220 MILLION, +64 PER CENT) AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($ 122 MILLION, + 110 PER CENT).
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