FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1982
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HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE FOR JANUARY-MARCH
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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY TO MARCH THIS YEAR
VALUED
AT $61 542 MILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF NINE PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY NINE PER CENT TO $17 504 MILLION, IMPORTS BY SEVEN PER CENT TO $33 411 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 12 PER CENT TO $10 627 MILLION.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 10 PER CENT.
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) THE RELEVANT DETAILED TRADE STATISTICS.
THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE TEN MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS WERE AS FOLLOWS
INCREASE/
JAN.-MAR. 1982
(HK$ MN)
JAN.-MAR. 1981
(HK$ MN)
DECREASE (HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
U.S.A.
6 018
5 361
+657
+12
U.K.
1 553
1 516
+ 37
+
2
F.R. OF
1 487
1 606
-119
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GERMANY
CHINA
928
552
+376
+68
AUSTRALIA
671
523
+148
+28
JAPAN
631
555
+ 76
+14
CANADA
510
428
+ 82
+19
SINGAPORE
426
376
+ 50
+13
NETHERLANDS
403
370
+ 33
+9
FRANCE
316
320
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/DOMESTIC EXPORTS