WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1979
HK'S EXTERNAL TRADE FOR JANUARY-JUNE 1979
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THE TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE VALUE FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR WAS $71,120 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF 38 PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD OF 1978.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 34 PER CENT TO $23,408 MILLION,
IMPORTS BY 36 PER CENT TO $38,516 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 55 PER CENT TO $9,196 MILLION,
THE DETAILED STATISTICS WERE RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND
STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO 10 MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS ARE:
JAN-JUNE 79
(HK$ MN)
JAN-JUNE 78
(HK$ MN)
INCREASE (HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
U.S.A.
7,838
6,757
+ 1,081
+ 16
F.R. OF GERMANY
2,640
1,785
855
+ 48
U.K.
2,618
1,558
+ 1,060
+ 68
JAPAN
1,188
679
509
✦ 75
AUSTRALIA
753
616
137
+ 22
CANADA
707
581
126
+ 22
SINGAPORE
622
456
166
+ 36
NETHERLANDS
579
380
199
+ 52
SWEDEN
406
219
187
+ 85
SWITZERLAND
391
327
64
+ 20
THE GROWTH IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S. HAS SLOWED DOWN AS COMPARED TO EXPORTS TO OTHER MARKETS, DUE PROBABLY TO THE PRESENT ECONOMIC CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY.
INCREASES WERE REGISTERED MAINLY IN CLOTHING ($3,069 MILLION, + 10 PER CENT), PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS ($671 MILLION, + 37 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($404 MILLION, + 32 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND PARTS FOR COMPUTERS ($306 MILLION, + SIX PER CENT).
A SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE F.R. OF GERMANY, CHIEFLY IN CLOTHING ($1,541 MILLION, +49 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND EQUIPMENT ($279 MILLION, PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($190 MILLION, 143 PER CENT).
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DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.K. REMAINED BUOYANT WITH SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN CLOTHING ($1,361 MILLION, + 67 PER CENT), TEXTILES ($263 MILLION, 59 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND EQUİPMENT ($161 MILLION, + 116 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($156 MILLION, 99 PER CENT).
/DOMESTIC
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