SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1981
COUNTRY AND COMMODITY BREAKDOWN FIGURES
FOR HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE FOR JANUARY-OCTOBER 1981
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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1981, VALUED AT $212 429 MILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 25 PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD IN 1980.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 17 PER CENT TO $65 616 MILLION, IMPORTS BY 26 PER CENT TO $112 912 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 41 PER CENT TO $33 901 MILLION, DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 24 PER CENT.
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DOMESTIC EXPORTS FOR OCTOBER 1981, VALUED AT $7 414 MILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 3.3 PER CENT OVER SEPTEMBER. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED IMPORTS DECLINED BY 0.6 PER CENT TO $11 723 MILLION, WHILST RE-EXPORTS FELL BY 4.1 PER CENT TO
$3 635 MILLION. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER ROSE BY 0.8 PER CENT.
THE FIGURES WERE RELEASED TODAY (SUNDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE TEN MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS WERE AS FOLLOWS:
INCREASE/
JAN-OCT 81 (HK$ MN)
JAN-OCT 80 (HK$ MN)
DECREASE
PERCENTAGE
(HK$ MN)
CHANGE
U.S.A.
23 906
18 961
+4 945
+26
U.K.
6 227
5 464
763
+14
F.R. OF GERMANY
5 649
6 022
373
- 6
JAPAN
2 422
1 902
+
520
+27
CHINA
2 221
1 197
+1 024
+86
AUSTRALIA
2 145
1 627
518
+32
CANADA
1 933
1 438
495
+34
SINGAPORE
1 421
1 490
69
5
NETHERLANDS
1 283
1 275
8
FRANCE
1 170
1 088
82
DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S. CONTINUED TO GROW.
CONTINUED TO GROW. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $2 060 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $811 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT), ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND PARTS FOR COMPUTERS (BY $697 MILLION OR 69 PER CENT) AND PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $409 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF OFFICE MACHINES DECLINED BY $71 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT.
/INCREASES WERE