MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1981
AIRBORNE MERCHANDISE TRADE IN JANUARY-JUNE 1981
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AIRBORNE MERCHANDISE TRADE IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1981 WAS VALUED AT $25 765 MILLION, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 29 PER CENT OVER THE FIRST HALF OF 1980.
AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE VALUED AT $9 186 MILLION (UP 29%), AIRBORNE IMPORTS AT $11 864 MILLION (UP 29 %), AND AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS AT $4 715 MILLION (UP 29%). IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR, 26% BY VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 18% OF IMPORTS AND 24% OF RE-EXPORTS WERE DESPATCHED BY AIR.
HOWEVER, IN TERMS OF WEIGHT, AIRBORNE CARGO REPRESENTED ONLY 1-1/2% OF TOTAL EXPORTS (INCLUSIVE OF ONWARD TRANSHIPMENTS), AND 1/2% OF TOTAL IMPORTS (INCLUSIVE OF INWARD TRANSHIPMENTS).
SUMMARY TRADE STATISTICS ON AIRBORNE MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY-JUNE 1981 WERE RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF THE SIX MAJOR MARKETS FOR HONG KONG'S AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS:-
JAN - JUNE 1981 (HK$ MN.)
JAN - JUNE 1980 (HK$ MN.)
INCREASE (HK$ MN.)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
US A
4 010
2 740
+1 270
+46
FR OF GERMANY
907
841
66
+8
UK
631
616
15
+ 2
JAPAN
555
373
182
+49
SWITZERLAND
273
245
28
+11
FRANCE
268
211
57
+27
BY COMMODITY, INCREASES IN AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED MAINLY IN CLOTHING (BY $853 MILLION OR 44%), PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF OFFICE MACHINES AND OF DATA PROCESSING MACHINES INCLUDING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (BY $565 MILLION OR 107%) AS AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $403 MILLJON OR 17%).
WELL
HOWEVER, DECLINES WERE RECORDED FOR CONCENTRATES, WASTE SCRAP AND SWEEPINGS OF PRECIOUS METALS (OTHER THAN OF GOLD) (BY $74 MILLION OR 47%) AS WELL AS THERMIONIC, COLD CATHODE AND PHOTO-CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, PHOTOCELLS AND TRANSISTORS (BY $116 MILLION OR 17%).
FURTHER ANALYSIS OF COMMODITY BY COUNTRY REVEALED SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING TO THE US (BY $482 MILLION OR 60%), JAPAN (BY $120 MILLION OR 105%) AND THE FR OF GERMANY (BY $86 MILLION OR 20%)- IN AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS TO THE US (BY $108 MILLION OR 18%) AND IN AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF OFFICE MACHINES AND OF DATA PROCESSING MACHINES, INCLUDING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, TO THE US (BY $584 MILLION OR 132%).
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