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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1983
HONG KONG'S JANUARY
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SEPTEMBER EXTERNAL TRADE
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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY - SEPTEMBER 1983, VALUED AT $233 121 MILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 18 PER CENT OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF 1982, ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED TODAY (SUNDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 20 PER CENT TO $72 635 MILLION, IMPORTS BY 17 PER CENT TO $121 870 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 19 PER CENT TO $38 615 MILLION. DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 20 PER CENT.
THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A. ROSE BY 34 PER CENT IN VALUE.
SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $2 863 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1 471 MILLION OR 99 PER CENT); AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $1 180 MILLION OR 104 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $272 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT) AND TRANSISTORS AND DIODES (BY $87 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT).
INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM WERE REGISTERED FOR METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCARP (BY $601 MILLION OR 1 859 PER CENT); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $108 MILLION OR 206 PER CENT); AND TEXTILES (BY $80 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (BY $86 MILLION OR FOUR PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $34 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT).
MOST COMMODITIES EXPORTED TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY INCREASED IN VALUE, INCLUDING OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $120 MILLION OR 338 PER CENT) AND CLOTHING (BY $109 MILLION OR FOUR PER CENT).
HOWEVER, DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF DECREASED BY $27 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT.
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA OF TEXTILES (BY $443 MILLION OR 67 PER CENT) AND FEEDING STUFF FOR ANIMALS (BY $105 MILLION OR 296 PER CENT); AND IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN OF METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $75 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS ARE PRESENTED IN TABLE 2.
/THE CHANGES