TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1979
JANUARY TO JULY STATISTICS FOR HK'S EXTERNAL TRADE
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HONG KONG'S TOTAL VALUE OF TRADE FOR THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF THIS YEAR AMOUNTED TO $85 478 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF 40 PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD OF 1978, ACCORDING TO EXTERNAL TRADE FIGURES RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY).
DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 36 PER CENT TO $28 577 MILLION, RE-EXPORTS BY 57 PER CENT TO $10 849 MILLION AND IMPORTS BY 38 PER CENT TO $46 053 MILLION. EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER ROSE BY 41 PER CENT.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO 10 MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS ARE AS
FOLLOWS I
JAN.-JULY 79 (HK$ MN)
JAN.-JULY 78 (HK$ MN)
INCREASE (HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
U.S.A.
9 670
8 142
+1 528
+19
F.R. OF GERMANY
3 198
2 175
+1 023
+47
U.K.
3 104
1 888
+1 216
+64
JAPAN
1 429
822
607
+74
AUSTRALIA
909
744
165
+22
CANADA
872
682
190
+28
SINGAPORE
749
542
207
+38
NETHERLANDS
707
464
243
+52
SWEDEN
507
280
227
+81
SWITZERLAND
471
385
86
+22
GROWTH IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S. MARKET REMAINED RATHER SLOW. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED MAINLY IN CLOTHING (83 798 MILLION, +12%), PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS ($861 MILLION, +37%), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES ($749 MILLION, +46%), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($503 MILLION, +37%). SLIGHT DECLINES WERE RECORDED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF RADIO BROADCAST RECEIVERS ($299 MILLION, -11%).
DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY CONTINUED ON A STEADY UPWARD TREND WITH SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN CLOTHING ($1 899 MILLION, +48%), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT ($328 MILLION, +38%) AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($214 MILLION, +134%).
/DOMESTIC EXPORTS.....