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SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1988
SAME MONTH LAST YEAR
MAY 1988
MAY 1987
INCREASE
HK$ MN.
HKS MN.
HK$ MN.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
17,274
16,436
838
5.1
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS}
(44.6%)(52.8%)
RE-EXPORTS
21,460
14,690
6,770 46.1
TOTAL EXPORTS
38,734
31,126
7,608
24.4
IMPORTS
39,558
31,174
8,384
26.
9
TRADE BALANCE
-824
-48
-776
MAY
LAST MONTH
1988
HK$ MN.
APRIL 1988 HK$ MN.
INCREASE
HK$ MN.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
17,274
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(44.6%)
16,055 (43.8%)
1,219
7.6
RE-EXPORTS
21,460
20,636
824
4.0
TOTAL EXPORTS
38,734
36,691
2,043
5.6
IMPORTS
39,558
40,081
-523
-1.3
TRADE BALANCE
-824
-3,390
2,566
CALENDAR YEAR TO-DATE
JAN-MAY
1988 HK$ MN.
JAN-MAY
1987 HK$ MN.
INCREASE
HK$ MN.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
77,499
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(44.9%)
69,503 (51.5%)
7,996
11.5
RE-EXPORTS
94,963
65,429
29,534 45.1
TOTAL EXPORTS
172,462
134,932
37,530
27.8
IMPORTS
178,505
140,029
38,476
27.5
TRADE BALANCE
-6,043
-5,097
-946
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