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MONDAY, JULY 14, 1980
AS FOR RE-EXPORTS, SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BỶ $962 MILLION OR 278 PER CENT) INDONESIA (BY $352 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT), USA (BY $303 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT), TAIWAN (BY $298 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT), THE UK (BY $268 MILLION OR 329 PER CENT), NIGERIA (BY $159 MILLION OR 179 PER CENT), MACAU (BY $135 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT), AND WEST GERMANY (BY $133 MILLION OR 97 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, SUBSTANTIAL DECLINE WAS REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO JAPAN (BY $254 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT).
INCREASES WERE MAINLY REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $326 MILLION OR 78 PER CENT), NON- FERROUS METALS (BY $232 MILLION OR 222 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $290 MILLION OR 70 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $236 MILLION OR 80 PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES (BY $202 MILLION OR 129 PER CENT), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $185 MILLION OR 88 PER CENT).
THE TRADE INDEX NUMBERS FOR APRIL 1980 (1973
+
100) WERE:
QUANTUM INDEX
VALUE INDEX
UNIT VALUE
INDEX
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
IMPORTS
332
175
190
395
179
220
THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX, EXPRESSED AS A RATIO OF THE UNIT VALUE INDEX FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THAT FOR IMPORTS, FOR APRIL 1980 WAS 98.
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+THE HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS SUMMARY ON HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE IN MAY, 1980, WILL SOON BE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $3 PER COPY.
A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE+, WITH DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE MONTH'S IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS WILL BE PUBLISHED IN EARLY AUGUST AND WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $10 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES CONCERNING SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS MAY BE MADE TO THE PUBLICATIONS SECTION, INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AT BASKERVILLE HOUSE, TELEPHONE 5-214375.
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