MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1979
HK'S EXTERNAL TRADE FOR JANUARY-SEPTEMBER 1979
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THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S DOMESTIC EXPORTS FOR THE FIRST NINE MONTHS THIS YEAR WAS $39 680 MILLION, IMPORTS WERE WORTH $61 019 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS $14 336 MILLION, ACCORDING TO TRADE FIGURES RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY).
COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, THE STATISTICS SHOWED INCREASES, BY VALUE, OF 38 PER CENT IN BOTH EXPORTS AND IMPORTS, AND 54 PER CENT IN RE-EXPORTS. DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 42 PER CENT.
THE TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE VALUE FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR WAS $115 035 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF 40 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO 10 MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS ARE:
JAN-SEPT 79
(HK$ MN)
JAN-SEPT 78
(HK$ MN)
INCREASE (HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
US A
13 461
11 060
+ 2 401
+ 22
FR OF GERMANY
4 450
3 012
+ 1 438
+48
UK
4 261
2 636
+ 1 625
+ 62
JAPAN
2 008
1 223
785
+ 64
AUSTRAL IA
1 266
1 044
222
+ 21
CANADA
1 167
911
256
+ 28
SINGAPORE
1 023
750
273
+ 36
NETHERLANDS
972
634
338
+ 53
SWEDEN
696
393
+
303
+ 77
FRANCE
653
366
287
+ 78
GROWTH IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO USA REMAINED FAIRLY STEADY, WITH SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $366 MILLION OR 52%), PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $329 MILLION OR 36%), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $172 MILLION OR 32%) AS WELL AS OFFICE MACHINES AND DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $150 MILLION OR 27%).
HOWEVER, DELIVERIES OF PLASTIC ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS AND RADIO BROADCAST RECEIVERS DECLINED BY $33 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT AND $15 MILLION OR FOUR PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
/DOMESTIC EXPORTS