THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1980
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EXTERNAL TRADE FOR JANUARY
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SEPTEMBER
TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1980, VALUED AT $150 989 MILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 31 PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD IN 1979.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 26 PER CENT TO $49 933 MILLION, IMPORTS BY 31 PER CENT TO $79 927 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 47 PER CENT TO $21 129 MILLION. DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 32 PER CENT.
THE DETAILED STATISTICS WERE RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY.
CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE TEN MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
JAN
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SEPT 80 JAN
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SEPT 79 INCREASE,
PERCENTAGE
(HK$M)
(HK$M)
DECREASE (HK$M)
CHANGE
U.S.A.
16 933
13 461
+ 3 472
+ 26
F.R. OF GERMANY
5 425
4 450
975
+ 22
U.K.
4 856
4 261
595
+ 14
JAPAN
1 674
2 008
334
17
AUSTRALIA
1 434
1 266
168
+ 13
SINGAPORE
1 321
1 023
298
+ 29
CANADA
1 289
1 167
122
+10
NETHERLANDS
1 144
972
172
+18
CHINA
1 049
331
718
+217
FRANCE
965
653
312
+48
DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S. CONTINUED TO GROW. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR CLOTHING (BY $890 MILLION OR 17%). ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $498 MILLIÓN CR 47%), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $425 MILLION OR 60%), OFF ICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (EY $354 MILLION OR 51%), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $330 MILLION OR 44").
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE NOTED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO WEST GERMANY, MAINLY OF CLOTHING (BY $571 MILLION OR 22%), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $98 MILLION OR 29%) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $78 MILLION CR 67.).
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