FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1981
HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE FOR JANUARY-AUGUST 1981
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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY TO AUGUST 1981, VALUED AT $165 980 MILLION, INCREASED BY 25 PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD IN 1980.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 15 PER CENT TO $50 438 MILLION, IMPORTS BY 26 PER CENT TO $89 170 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 44 PER CENT TO $26 372 MILLION,
CENT.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER INCREASED BY 23 PER
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT RELEASED TODAY THE RELEVANT DETAILED TRADE STATISTICS.
THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE TEN MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS WERE AS FOLLOWS:
INCREASE/
JAN-AUG 81 (HK$ MN.)
JAN-AUG 80 (HK$ MN.)
DECREASE (HK$ MN.)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
USA
18 153
14 919
3 234
+22
UK
4 761
4 284
477
+11
FR OF GERMANY
4 552
4 844
292
- 6
JAPAN
1 785
1 457
+ 328
+23
CHINA
1 643
925
718
+78
AUSTRALIA
1 611
1 260
351
+28
CANADA
1 479
1 129
350
+31
SINGAPORE
1 100
1 159
59
1 008
921
1 028 857
20
64
+8
NETHERLANDS FRANCE
DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED STATES CONTINUED TO GROW. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $1 321 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT), ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND PARTS FOR COMPUTERS (BY $732 MILLION OR 106 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $628 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $186 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF OFFICE MACHINES DECLINED (BY $76 MILLIÓN OR 42 PER CENT).
INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.K. OF PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $163 MILLION OR 75 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $141 MILLION OR SEVEN PER CENT), AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $87 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT).
MOST COMMODITIES EXPORTED TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY DECREASED IN VALUE, INCLUDING TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (DECLINED BY $75 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (DECLINED BY $55 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT). THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES INCREASED STEADILY (BY $16 MILLION OR NINE PER CENT).
/SIGNIFICANT INCREASES