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MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1980
EXTERNAL TRADE FOR JAN NOV 1979
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HONG KONG'S MERCHANDISE TRADE VALUE FOR JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1979 AMOUNTED TO $145 980 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF 40 PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD OF 1978.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 38 PER CENT TO $50 323 MILLION, IMPORTS ALSO BY 38 PER CENT TO $77 524 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 52 PER CENT TO $18 133 MILLION, ACCORDING TO TRADE FIGURES RELEASED TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER SHOWED AN INCREASE
OF 42 PER CENT, REACHING $68 456 MILLION.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO TEN MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS ARE AS
FOLLOWS:-
JAN.-NOV. 79 (HK$ MN.)
JAN.-NOV. 78
(HK$ MN.)
INCREASE (HK$ MN.)
PERCENTAGE
CHANGE
USA
17 043
13 670
+3 373
+25
WEST GERMANY
5 600
3 843
+1 757
+46
UK
5 358
3 414
+1 944
+57
JAPAN
2 466
1 658
808
+49
AUSTRALIA
1 623
1 362
261
+19
CANADA
1 457
1 144
313
+27
SINGAPORE
1 287
988
299
+30
NETHERLANDS
1 223
804
419
+52
FRANCE
871
491
380
+77
SWITZERLAND
853
611
242
+40
GROWTH IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO USA WAS RELATIVELY SLOW. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED MAINLY IN CLOTHING (BY $895 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $495 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT), PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $377 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $255 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT), AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $223 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT).
DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO WEST GERMANY INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, CHIEFLY IN CLOTHING (BY $898 MILLION OR 40 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $280 MILLION OR 155 PER CENT), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $196 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO UK WERE ALSO REMARKABLE, PARTICULARLY FOR CLOTHING (BY $860 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $235 MILLION OR 125 PER CENT), TEXTILES (BY $159 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $120 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT).