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FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1980
* OBTAIN ANY EXEMPTION FROM OR ABATEMENT OF
LIABILITY TO MAKE A PAYMENT.
+AS PROVIDED BY THE BILL, SOME OF THESE OFFENCES IF COMMITTED BY A COMPANY WOULD RENDER OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY LIABLE IF THE OFFENCES WERE COMMITTED WITH THEIR CONNIVANCE, HE ADDED.
TRADE FIGURES FOR JANUARY TO APRIL
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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY TO APRIL 1980, VALUED AT $61 155 MILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 37 PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD IN 1979.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 34 PER CENT TO $19 092 MILLION, IMPORTS BY 37 PER CENT TO $33 726 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 44 PER CENT TO $8 337 MILLION. DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 37 PER CENT.
THE DETAILED STATISTICS WERE RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO TEN MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
INCREASE
JAN-APR 80
(HK$ M)
JAN-APR 79
(HK$ M)
DECREASE
PERCENTAGE
(HK$ M)
CHANGE
U.S.A.
6 151
4 584
+ 1 567
34
F.R. OF GERMANY
2 155
1 659
496
30
U.K.
1 945
1 646
299
18
JAPAN
680
752
72
10
AUSTRALIA
588
501
87
17
SINGAPORE
520
392
128
33
NETHERLANDS
481
366
115
31
CANADA
469
418
51
12
CHINA
429
83
346
+ 417
FRANCE
379
237
142
60
/INCREASES IN