THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1983
HONG KONG'S 1982 EXTERNAL TRADE UP FOUR PER CENT
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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR 1982, VALUED AT $270 277 MILLION, INCREASED BY FOUR PER CENT COMPARED WITH 1981, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY THREE PER CENT TO $83 032 MILLION, IMPORTS BY THREE PER CENT TO $142 893 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY SIX PER CENT TO $44 353 MILLION.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER INCREASED BY FOUR PER CENT.
CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO HONG KONG'S TEN MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS WERE AS FOLLOWS
INCREASE/
1982 ($ MN)
1981 ($ MN)
DECREASE
PERCENTAGE
($ MN)
CHANGE
U.S.A.
31 223
29 200
+2 023
+7
U.K.
7 187
7 710
523
7
F.R. OF GERMANY
7 031
7 048
16
INSIGNIFICANT
CHINA
3 806
2 924
882
+30
JAPAN
3 167
2 940
227
AUSTRALIA
2 832
2 710
122
+4
CANADA
2 637
2 355
282
+12
SINGAPORE
1 964
1 732
233
+13
NETHERLANDS
1 692
1 598
95
FRANCE
1 507
1 483
24
DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A. ROSE BY SEVEN PER CENT.
SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $807 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $644 MILLION OR SIX PER CENT) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $562 MİLLION OR 29 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $516 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILES (BY $152 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT).
/DECREASES IN