TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1984
1983 AIRBORNE MERCHANDISE TRADE STATISTICS RELEASED
****
TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE BY AIR IN 1983 WAS VALUED AT $81 915 MILLION, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 32 PER CENT OVER 1982, ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE VALUED AT $30 843 MILLION (UP 40 PER CENT), AIRBORNE IMPORTS AT $37 262 MILLION (UP 26 PER CENT) AND AIRBORNE RE-EXPORTS AT $13 809 MILLION (UP 31 PER CENT).
IN 1983, 30 PER CENT OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 21 PER CENT OF IMPORTS AND 25 PER CENT OF RE-EXPORTS, BY VALUE, WERE CARRIED BY AIR. IN TERMS OF WEIGHT, AIRBORNE IMPORTS AMOUNTED TO 144 890 TONNES, REPRESENTING 0.4 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL IMPORT TONNAGE AND TOTAL AIRBORNE EXPORTS AMOUNTED TO 223 276 TONNES OR 1.7 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL EXPORT TONNAGE.
THE CHANGES IN 10 MAJOR MARKETS FOR HONG KONG'S AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 1.
BY COMMODITY, INCREASES IN AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED MAINLY IN CLOTHING (BY $3 534 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT); PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES (BY $1 729 MILLION OR 116 PER CENT), ORES AND CONCENTRATES OF PRECIOUS METALS: WASTE, SCRAPS AND SWEEPINGS OF PRECIOUS METALS (OTHER THAN OF GOLD) (BY $769 MILLION OR 776 PER CENT) AND MISCELLANEOUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, PARTS AND ACCESSORIES (BY $585 MILLION OR 178 PER CENT).
DECREASES IN VALUE WERE RECORDED FOR AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF OFFICE AND STATIONERY SUPPLIES (BY $175 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT), PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES (BY $43 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT) AND BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $40 MILLION OR 4 PER CENT).
FURTHER ANALYSIS OF COMMODITY BY COUNTRY REVEALED GROWTH IN AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING TO THE U.S. (BY $2 547 MILLION OR 76 PER CENT) AND WEST GERMANY (BY $303 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT); IN AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES TO THE U.S. (BY $1 552 MILLION OR 117 PER CENT) AND WEST GERMANY (BY $129 MILLION OR 757 PER CENT), IN AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ORES AND CONCENTRATES OF PRECIOUS METALS; AND IN AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF WASTE, SCRAPS AND SWEEPINGS OF PRECIOUS METALS (OTHER THAN OF GOLD) TO THE U.K. (BY $610 MILLION OR 752 PER CENT) AND WEST GERMANY (BY $97 MILLION OR 1007 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN AIRBORNE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF OFFICE AND STATIONERY SUPPLIES (BY $53 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT) AND PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES (BY $25 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT) TO THE U.S.
THE CHANGES IN AIRBORNE IMPORTS FROM THE 10 MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 2.
/INCREASES TËRE
E