SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 1983
HONG KONG'S JANUARY EXTERNAL TRADE
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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY 1983, VALUED AT $21 695 MILLION, INCREASED BY 11 PER CENT OVER JANUARY 1982, ACCORDING TO TRADE STATISTICS RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY THREE PER CENT TO $6 439 MILLION, IMPORTS BY 15 PER CENT TO $11 537 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 12 PER CENT TO $3 718 MILLION. DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER SHOWED AN INCREASE OF SIX PER CENT.
THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS ARE AS FOLLOWS:-
JAN. 1983
($ MN)
JAN. 1982
($ MN)
INCREASE DECREASE ($ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
U. 8.A.
2 536
2 206
+330
+15
F.R. OF GERMANY
548
545
3
1
U.K.
437
566
-129
-23
CHINA
352
293
* 59
+20
JAPAN
230
229
1
INSIGNIFICANT
CANADA
219
166
+ 53
+32
AUSTRALIA
188
284
-
96
-34
SINGAPORE
161
142
+ 19
+14
NETHERLANDS
136
140
4
3
WITZERLAND
118
118
SUBSTANTIAL
DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A. ROSE BY 15 PER CENT. INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $143 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $107 MILLION OR 91 PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $71 MILLION OR 58 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $63 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS (BY $8 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT).
MOST COMMODITIES EXPORTED TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY INCREASED SLIGHTLY IN VALUE, INCLUDING CLOTHING (BY $11 MILLION OR THREE PER CENT) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $3 MILLION OR EIGHT PER CENT). HOWEVER, DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT DECREASED BY $4 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT.
/DECREASES IN