SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 1983
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COUNTRY AND COMMODITY BREAKDOWN FIGURES
FOR HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE FOR JANUARY
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FEBRUARY 1983
THE TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 1983, VALUED AT $40 865 MILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 5 PER CENT OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1982, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 9.8 PER CENT TO $12 009 MILLION, IMPORTS BY 2 PER CENT TO $21 703 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 3 PËR CENT TO $7 153 MILLION.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 7 PER CENT.
THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS ARE AS FOLLOWS 1-
JAN-FEB
1983
($ MN)
JAN-FEB
1982 ($ MN)
INCREASE/ DECREASE
($ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
USA
4 627
3 824
+803
+21
FR OF GERMANY
1 035
938
+ 97
+10
UK
922
964
42
4
CHINA
635
578
+ 58
+10
JAPAN
425
406
+ 19
+ 5
CANADA
412
305
+107
+35
AUSTRALIA
357
445
88
-20
SINGAPORE
279
269
+ 10
+4
NETHERLANDS
273
253
+ 20
+ 8
SWITZERLAND
221
190
+ 31
+16
DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE US ROSE BY 21 PER CENT. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $427 MILLION OR 31%), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $186 MILLION OR 77%) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $110 MILLION OR 48%). DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $100 MILLION OR 29%) AS WELL AS FOOTWEAR (BY $18 MILLION OR 30%).
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