MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1982
COUNTRY AND COMMODITY BREAKDOWN FIGURES
FOR HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE FOR JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1982
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THE TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 1982, VALUED AT $39 090 MILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 8 PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD IN 1981.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 6 PER CENT TO $10 933 MILLION, IMPORTS BY 7 PER CENT TO $21 242 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 12 PER CENT TO $6 915 MILLION.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 8 PER CENT.
THE SLOW GROWTH IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS NOT UNEXPECTED, GIVEN THE SLOW GROWTH RATE OF IMPORTS OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEM↓· MANUFACTURES IN RECENT MONTHS.
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT RELEASED TODAY (MONDAY) THE RELEVANT DETAILED TRADE STATISTICS.
THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS WERE AS FOLLOWS :-
US A
UK
FR OF GERMANY
CHINA
AUSTRALIA
JAPAN
CANADA
SINGAPORE
NETHERLANDS
FRANCE
INCREASE/
JAN-FEB 1982 JAN-FEB 1981
(HK$ MN.) (HK$ MN.)
DECREASE PERCENTAGE (HK$ MN.)
CHANGE
3 824
3 490
+334
+10
964
878
+ 86
+10
938
1 058
-120
-11
578
365
+213
+58
445
355
+ 90
+25
406
340
+ 66
+19
305
274
+ 31
+11
269
236
+ 33
+14
253
240
+ 13
תי
191
195
2
DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE US ROSE BY 10 PER CENT.
SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY 3204 MILLION OR 138 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $122 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $58 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT).
/DECREASES WERE
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