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MONDAY, MAY 11, 1987
EXTENDING THE PERIOD OF COMPARISON TO THE 12 MONTHS ENDING MARCH 1987, WITH THE 12 MONTHS ENDING MARCH 1986, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY 26 PER CENT TO $163 365 MILLION. THE VALUE OF RE-EXPORTS, AT $135 026 MILLION, ROSE BY 30 PER CENT. THUS, THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS ROSE BY 28 PER CENT. IMPORTS INCREASED BY 28 PER CENT IN VALUE TERMS TO $298 648 MILLION. TAKEN AS A WHOLE, THE VALUE OF TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE INCREASED BY 28 PER CENT.
ALL TRADE STATISTICS PRESENTED HERE ARE MEASURED AT CURRENT PRICES AND NO ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TAKEN OF THE CHANGES IN PRICES BETWEEN THE PERIODS OF COMPARISON. A SEPARATE ANALYSIS OF THE PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN MARCH 1987 WILL BE RELEASED IN EARLY JUNE 1987.
THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO HONG KONG'S TEN MAJOR MARKETS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1987 WITH THE SAME QUARTER IN 1986, INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN VALUE TERMS WERE RECORDED IN ALL MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS, THE MORE NOTABLE ONES BEING CLOTHING (BY $2 202 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $1 543 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT); TEXTILES (BY $1 348 MILLION OR 69 PER CENT); AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1 312 MILLION OR 70 PER CENT).
TABLE 2 ILLUSTRATES THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION.
THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM HONG KONG'S TEN MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.
COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1987 WITH THE SAME QUARTER IN 1986, INCREASES IN IMPORTS IN VALUE TERMS WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTÍLES (BY $3 704 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $2 866 MILLION OR 68 PER CENT); CLOTHING (BY $1 972 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT); AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $1 835 MILLION OR 75 PER CENT).
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