MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1982
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HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE FOR JANUARY-NOVEMBER 1981
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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1981, VALUED AT $235 858 MILLION, INCREASED BY 25 PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD IN 1980.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 17 PER CENT TO $72 641 MILLION, IMPORTS BY 25 PER CENT TO $125 377 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 40 PER CENT TO $37 840 MILLION.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 24 PER CENT.
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT RELEASED TODAY (MONDAY) THE RELEVANT DETAILED TRADE STATISTICS.
THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE TEN MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS WERE AS FOLLOWS:
INCREASE/
-
JAN NOV 81
(HK$MN)
JAN - NOV 80
DECREASE
(HK$MN)
(HK$MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
U, S. A.
26 489
20 744
+5 745
+28
U.K.
6 873
6 068
805
+13
F.R. OF GERMANY
6 169
6 634
465
- 7
JAPAN
2 697
2 131
+
566
+27
CHINA
2 535
1 373
+1 162
+85
AUSTRALIA
2 467
1 795
+
672
+37
CANADA
2 130
1 596
+
534
+33
SINGAPORE
1 583
1 640
57
- 3
NETHERLANDS
1 397
1 408
11
1
FRANCE
1 323
1 254
69
+6
DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S. CONTINUED TO GROW. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $2 391 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $870 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT), ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND PARTS FOR COMPUTERS (BY $739 MILLION OR 66 PER CENT) AND PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $542 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF OFFICE MACHINES DECLINED BY $71 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT.
INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF CLOTHING (BY $308 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT), PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS BY 3233 MILLION OR 76 PER CENT), AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $129 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT).
/MOST COMMODITIES