THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1979
SIGNIFICANT RISE IN AIRBORNE TRADE
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HONG KONG'S MERCHANDISE TRADE BY AIR IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1979 WAS WORTH $15,830 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF 48 PER CENT OVER THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD OF 1978, ACCORDING TO TRADE FIGURES RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY).
AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY 38 PER CENT TO $5,498 MILLION, REPRESENTING A 24 PER CENT SHARE OF THE OVERALL DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN TERMS OF VALUE.
AIRBORNE IMPORTS AT $7,491 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS AT $2,840 MILLION ALSO ROSE BY 52 PER CENT AND 56 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR, 20 PER CENT OF OVERALL IMPORTS AND 31 PER CENT OF RE-EXPORTS WERE DESPATCHED BY AIR.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS HONG KONG'S AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO SIX MAJOR MARKETSI
JAN.-JUNE 78
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
JAN.-JUNE 79 (HK$ MN.
39
NO JUNE 38 INCREASE
U.S.A.
2,169
1,784
+ 385
+ 22
WEST GERMANY
664
481
+ 183
+ 38
JAPAN
477
267
+ 210
+ 79
U.K.
403
228
+ 175
+ 77
SWITZERLAND
160
133
27
+ 20
CANADA
147
105
42
+ 40
IN TERMS OF COMMODITIES, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES ($1,788 MILLION, + 27 PER CENT) WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($1,479 MILLION, + 62 PER CENT), THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES ($527 MILLION, + 32 PER CENT), JEWELLERY, GOLDSMITHS' AND SILVERSMITHS WARES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS MATERIALS ($288 MILLION, + 20 PER CENT) AS WELL AS BABY CARRIAGES TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS ($151 MILLION, 194 PER CENT).
DETAILED BREAKDOWN FIGURES REVEALED THAT THE GROWTH RATES WERE REMARKABLE FOR AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES TO WEST GERMANY ($355 MILLION ✦ 25 PER CENT), JAPAN ($179 MILLION, + 96 PER CENT), AND THE U.K. $143 MILLION, + 65 PER CENT).
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED IN AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS TO WEST GERMANY ($160 MILLION, 123 PER CENT), JAPAN ($105 MILLION, 129 PER CENT) AND THE U.K. ($139 MILLION, + 100 PER CENT).
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