MONDAY, MARCH 3, 1980
AIRBORNE MERCHANDISE TRADE VALUE IN 1979 UP 41 PER CENT *****
AIRBORNE MERCHANDISE TRADE IN 1979 WAS VALUED AT $36 691 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF 41 PER CENT COMPARED WITH 1978.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY AIR INCREASED BY 36 PER CENT TO $13 608 MILLION AND REPRESENTED 24 PER CENT IN VALUE OF TOTAL DOMESTIC EXPORTS.
AIRBORNE IMPORTS AT $17 007 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS AT $6 076 MILLION SHOWED INCREASES OF 44 PER CENT AND 45 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
ABOUT 20 PER CENT OF TOTAL IMPORTS AND 30 PER CENT OF TOTAL RE-EXPORTS WERE DESPATCHED BY AIR DURING THE YEAR.
SUMMARY TRADE STATISTICS ON AIRBORNE MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR 1979 WERE RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS HONG KONG'S AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY VALUE TO SIX MAJOR MARKETS.
1979 (HK$ MN.)
1978 (HK$ MN.)
INCREASE (HK$ MN.)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
USA
5 631
* 439
+ 1 192
+ 27
WEST GERMANY
1 609
1 170
439
+ 38
JAPAN
1 039
721
318
+44
UK
975
652
323
+ 50
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CANADA
398
282
116
+41
SWITZERLAND
397
298
99
+ 33
BY COMMODITY, INCREASES IN AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE MAINLY IN WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $1 397 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $705 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT), THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES- PHOTO-CELLS AND TRANSISTORS (BY $343 MILLION OR 40 PER CENT), BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $254 MILLION OR 97 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES (BY $117 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT), AND JEWELLERY, GOLDSMITHS AND SILVERSMITHS WARES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS MATERIALS (BY $110 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT).
FURTHER BREAKDOWN OF COMMODITY BY COUNTRY REVEALED SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS TO WEST GERMANY (BY $241 MILLION OR 128 PER CENT), USA (BY $216 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT), AND UK (BY $118 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT)- AND IN EXPORTS OF CLOTHING TO USA (BY $174 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT), JAPAN (BY $144 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT), AND WEST GERMANY (BY $113 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT).
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