THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1983
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COMMENTING ON THESE COMPARATIVE FIGURES, THE GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID, +DOMESTIC EXPORTS HAVE SHOWN A CLEAR SIGN OF RECOVERY, AS THE ECONOMIES OF SEVERAL OF HONG KONG'S MAJOR MARKETS CONTINUE TO IMPROVE. THE RAPID GROWTH IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS IN JUNE WAS PROBABLY DUE, IN PART, TO A CONTINUED INCREASE IN RETAINED IMPORTS OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI- MANUFACTURES, INDICATING THAT DOMESTIC EXPORT PERFORMANCE IS LIKELY TO REMAIN STRONG IN THE COMING MONTHS.+
THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS THE PROVISIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FIGURES FOR JUNE 1983.
MERCHANDISE:
DOMESTIC EXPORTS 1 $ 8 920 MILLION
RE-EXPORTS
COMPARATIVE FIGURES
$4 389 MILLION
TOTAL EXPORTS
IMPORTS
1 $13 309 MILLION
TRADE BALANCE
: $14 481 MILLION
■ $ 1 172 MILLION
IN DEFICIT)
LATEST 3 MONTHS
APRIL-JUNE 1983
APRIL-JUNE 1982
$ MN.
$ MN.
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
24 531
20 323
+ 4 208 +20.7
RE-EXPORTS
12 824
10 790
+ 2 034 +18.9
TOTAL EXPORTS
37 355
31 113
+ 6 242
IMPORTS
41 937
TRADE BALANCE
-
4 582
35 306
- 4 193
+ 6 631
+20.1
+18.8
389
SAME MONTH LAST YEAR
JUNE 1983
JUNE 1982
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
( OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
8 920 (67.0%)
6 953 (66.8%)
+ 1 967
+28.3
RE-EXPORTS
4 389
3 451
938
+27.2
TOTAL EXPORTS
13 309
10 404
* 2 905 +27.9
IMPORTS
14 481
11 714
+ 2 767 +23.6
TRADE BALANCE
-
1 172
- 1 310
138
/LAST MONTE