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SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1980
38 PER CENT INCREASE IN TRADE IN FIRST QUARTER
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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY TO MARCH 1980, VALUED AT $43 956 MILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 38 PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD IN 1979, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 36 PER CENT TO $13 708 MILLION, IMPORTS BY 38 PER CENT TO $24 212 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 44 PER CENT TO $6 036 MILLION.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 38 PER CENT.
THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO TEN MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS ARE AS FOLLOWS #
JAN
-
MAR 80
JAN
—
MAR 79
INCREASE/ PERCENTAGE DECREASE
(HK$ M)
(HK$ M)
(HK$ M)
CHANGE
U.S.A.
4 352
3 262,
+ 1 090
33
F.R. OF GERMANY
1 616
1 215
401
33
U.K.
1 373
1 144
229
20
JAPAN
498
516
18
3
AUSTRALIA
452
379
73
19
SINGAPORE
369
275
94
34
NETHERLANDS
349
263
86
33
CANADA
347
303
44
15
CHINA
305
51
254
+ 498
FRANCE
268
161
107
66
INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S. WERE REGISTERED MAINLY IN CLOTHING (BY $252 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $126 MILLION OR 72 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $125 MILLION OR 69 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $122 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT) AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $88 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT).
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