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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1989
MERCHANDISE:
COMPARATIVE FIGURES
DOMESTIC EXPORTS : $21.226 MILLION
RE-EXPORTS
TOTAL EXPORTS
IMPORTS
TRADE BALANCE
931,828 MILLION
$53,054 MILLION
$47.969 MILLION $5.085 MILLION
IN SURPLUS ]
JUN 89 TO
LATEST 3 MONTHS
AUG 89 HKS MN.
JUN 88 TO
AUG 88 HKS MN.
INCREASE
HKS MN.
%%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
61.286
58,924
2.362
4.0
RE-EXPORTS
93.145
71.768
21.377
29.8
TOTAL EXPORTS
154.431
130.692
23.739
18.2
IMPORTS
146.746
131,406
15.340
11.7
TRADE BALANCE
7.685
-714
8.399
AUGUST
AUGUST
INCREASE
SAME MONTH LAST YEAR
1989
HK$ MN.
1988 HK$ MN.
HKS MN,
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
21.226
20,669
557
2.7
1% OF TOTAL EXPORTS |
(40.0%)
(44.8%)
RE-EXPORTS
31.828
25.429
6.399
25.2
TOTAL EXPORTS
53.054
46.098
6.956
15.1
IMPORTS
17.969
43.827
4.142
9.5
TRADE BALANCE
5.085
2.
271
2
.814
AUGUST
LAST MONTH
1989
HK$ MN.
JULY 1989 HKS MN.
INCREASE
HK$ MN.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
21.226
21.104
122
0.6
% OF TOTAL EXPORTS}
(10.0%)
140.
2%1
RE-EXPORTS
31.828
31.431
397
1.3
TOTAL EXPORTS
53.054
52,535
519
1.0
IMPORTS
47,969
48.723
-754
-1.5
TRADE BALANCE
5.085
3,812
1.273
JAN-AUG
CALENDAR YEAR TO-DATE
1989
HK$ MN.
JAN-AUG
1988 HKS MN.
INCREASE
HKS MN.
%%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
144.388
136.422
7,966
5.8
1% OF TOTAL EXPORTS}
(39.2%)
(45.0%)
RE-EXPORTS
224.355
166,725
57.630
34.6
TOTAL EXPORTS
368.743
303,147
65.596
21.6
IMPORTS
373.316
309.912
63.404
20.5
TRADE BALANCE
-4.573
-6.765
2.192
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