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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1987
TRADE FIGURES FOR NOVEMBER, 1987
The Census and Statistics Department has released the following provisional merchandise trade figures for November:-
MERCHANDISE:
Domestic Exports: Re-exports
$17,077 million
$17,567 million
Total Exports
Imports
:
Trade balance
$34,844 million $34,270 million $374 million
(in surplus]
COMPARATIVE FIGURES
Latest 3 montha
Domestic Exports
Sep 87 to Nov 87 HK$ Ha.
Sep 86 to Nov 86
Increase
HKS Mn.
HKS Mn.
*
53, 108
44.173
8,935
20.2
Re-exports
Total Exports
Isports
Trade balance
$1,150
36,893
15,457
43.3
104,258
79,066
24,392
30.5
101,746
77,499
24,247
31.3
2,512
2,367
145
Same month last year
Domestic Exports
(% of Total Exporta)
Re-exports
Total Exports
November 1987 HK$ Mn
November 1988 HK$ Mn.
Increase
HKS Mn.
17,
077 (49.3%)
14,870
2,207
14.8
(54.8%)
17.587
12,275
5,282
43.1
34.
644
27.145
7,499
27.6
Imports
Trade balance
34,270
26,048
8.224
31.6
374
1.099
-725
Last month
Domestic Exports
(% of Total Exports)
Re-exporta
Total Exports
November 1987 AKS Mn.
17,077 (49.3%)
October 1987 HKS Mn.
Increase
EKS Ma.
X
18,188
-1,111
-6.1
(51.6%)
17,587
17,082
485
2.8
34.
644
35,270
-626
-1.8
Importa
Trade balance
34,270 374
34,710
-440
-1.3
560
-188
Calendar year to-date
Domestic Exports
Jan-Nov 1987
HK$ Hn.
Jan-Nov 1986 HK$ Mn.
Increase
AKS Mn.
X
176,404
138,616
37,788
27.3
(% of Total Exports)
(51.9%)
(55.8%)
Re-exports
163,725
109,919
53,808
49.0
Total Exports
340,128
248,536
91,584
36.9
Imports
339.130
248,487
80.
Trade balance
999
48
643 051
38.5
Dec 86 to
Last 12 months
Domestic Exports
Nov 87 HK$ Mn.
Dec 85 to Nov 86 HK$ Ha.
Increase
HK$ Hn.
醣
191,772
150,941
40,831
27.1
Re-exports
Total Exports
Importa
Trade balance
176.352
119,384
56,968
47.7
368,124
270.325
97,789
36.2
366,598
270,887
95,931
35.4
1.526
-342
1.868
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