FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1985
LAST MONTH
DECEMBER...
1984
NOVEMBER
1984
$ MN.
$ MN.
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
$ MN.
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
11 887 (56.9%)
11 702 (59.4%)
185
+ 1.6
RE-EXPORTS
9 020
8 008
+ 1 012
+12.6
TOTAL EXPORTS
20 907
19 710
+ 1 197
+ 6.1
IMPORTS
20 906
19 747
+ 1 159
+ 5.9
TRADE BALANCE
1
37
38
JAN-DEC
LAST 12 MONTHS
JAN-DEC
1983
INCREASE OR
DECREASE
1984
$ MN.
$ MN.
$ MN.
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
137 950
104 405
+33 545
+32.1
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(62.3%)
(65.0%)
RE-EXPORTS
83 504
56 294
+27 210
+48.3
TOTAL EXPORTS
221 454
160 699
+60 755
+37.8
IMPORTS
223 346
175 442
+47 904
+27.3
TRADE BALANCE
1 892
-
14 743
+12 851
CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR DECEMBER 1984
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THE AVERAGE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) AND AVERAGE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B) FOR THE WHOLE YEAR OF 1984 WERE 154.9 AND 154.7 RESPECTIVELY, BEING 8.1 PER CENT AND 8.5 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGES FOR 1983, ACCORDING TO FIGURES PUBLISHED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
COMMENTING ON THESE FIGURES, A GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE AVERAGE RATES OF INCREASE IN 1984 REPRESENTED A SIGNIFICANT SLOWING DOWN WHEN COMPARED WITH THOSE RECORDED IN 1983, WHICH WERE AT 9.9 PER CENT BOTH FOR CPI (A) AND FOR CPI (B). HE POINTED OUT THAT THE STABILITY OF THE HONG KONG DOLLAR AGAINST THE U.S. DOLLAR UNDER THE LINKED EXCHANGE RATE SYSTEM WAS A MAJOR CONTRIBUTORY FACTOR.
/THE CPI (A)