THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1982
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HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE FOR JANUARY-MAY 1982
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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY TO MAY 1982, VALUED AT $105 883 MILLION, INCREASED BY SEVEN PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD IN 1981, ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY SEVEN PER CENT TO $30 885 MILLION, IMPORTS BY FIVE PER CENT TO $57 028 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY TEN PER CENT TO $17 970 MILLION. DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER INCREASED BY EIGHT PER CENT.
THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE TEN MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS WERE AS FOLLOWS :-
INCREASE/
JAN.-MAY 1982 JAN.-MAY 1981
(HK$ MN)
DECREASE
HK$ MN)
(HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
U.S.A.
11 251
9 976
+1 275
+13
U.K.
2 671
2 754
83
3
F.R. OF GERMANY
2 458
2 632
-
174
7
CHINA
1 519
944
575
+61
JAPAN
1 128
1 020
108
+11
AUSTRALIA
1 079
864
215
+25
CANADA
887
786
101
+13
SINGAPORE
740
663
77
+12
NETHERLANDS
635
598
37
+6
FRANCE
592
579
13
+ 2
DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S. ROSE BY 13 PER CENT. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $603 MILLION OR 110 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $394 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT), AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $242 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TEXTILES (BY $31 MILLION OR 12 PER CENT) AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $362 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT).
INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $13 MILLION OR NINE PER CENT). DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS, HOWEVER, DECLINED BY $48 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT.
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