+
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1980
HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE IN FIRST HALF YEAR
******
TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY TO JUNE 1980, VALUED AT 396 332 MILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 35 PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD IN 1979. DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 33 PER CENT TO $31 122 MILLION, IMPORTS BY 35 PER CENT TO 51 973 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 44 PER CENT TO $13 237 MILLION. DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 36 PER CENT.
THESE AND OTHER DETAILED STATISTICAL TRADE FIGURES WERE RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY.
CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO TEN MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
JAN
-
JUNE 80 JAN
-
JUNE 79 INCREASE/ PERCENTAGE
(HK$ M.)
(HK$ M.)
DECREASE (HK$ M.)
CHANGE
U.S.A.
10 414
7 838
+ 2 576
33
F.R. OF GERMANY
3 391
2 640
751
28
U.K.
3 128
2 618
510
19
JAPAN
1 936
1 188
152
13
AUSTRALIA
895
753
142
19
SINGAPORE
828
622
+
206
33
NETHERLANDS
737
579
158
27
CANADA
762
707
55
8
CHINA
680
164
516
+ 315
SWITZERLAND
633
391
242
62
GROWTH IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S. MARKET REMAINED BUOYANT, WITH SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN CLOTHING (BY $718 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES
(BY $340 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $286 MILLION OR 71 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $251 MILLION OR 60 PER CENT), AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $193 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT).
/SIGNIFICANT