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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1989
TRADE FIGURES-FOR OCTOBER, 1989
The Census and Statistics Department has released the following provisional merchandise trade figures for October:
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MERCHANDISE:
Domestic Exports : ke-exports
$20,849 million
:
$31,985 million
Total Exports
:
$52,834 million
Imports
:
$48,779 million
Trade balance
:
$4,055 million
[in surplus]
COMPARATIVE FIGURES
Aug 89 to
Latest 3 months
Oct 69
HK$' Mn.
Aug 89 to Oct 88 HK$ Mn.
Increase
HKS Mo.
*
Domestic Exports
61,615
60,686
929
1.5
Re-exports
Total Exports
Imports
Trade balance
94,246
78,280
15,968
20.4
155,861
130,966
16,895
12.2
143,663
134,304
9.359
7.0
12.198
4,662
7.536
Same month last year
October 1989
HK$ Hn.
October 1988 HK$ Ma.
Increase
HK$ Mn.
X
Domestic Exports
20.849
20,066
783
3.9
* of Total Exports)
(39.5%)
(43.0%)
Re-exports
31,985
26,628
5,357
20.1
Total Exports
52,834
48,694
6,140
13.1
Imports
48,779
45,706
2,993
6.5
Trade balance
4.055
908
3,147
Re-exports
Last month
Domestic Exports
( of Total Exports)
Total Exports
October 1980 HK$ Hn.
September 1989 HK$ Mn.
Increase
HK$ Ma.
20.849 (39.5%)
19,542
1,307
6.7
(39.1X)
31.
985
30,435
1,550
5.1
52,834
49,977
2,857
5.7
Imports
Trade balance
48.779
46,908
1.871
4.0
4.055
3,069
986
Calendar year to-date
Jan-Oct 1989
HKS Mn.
Jan-Out 1988 HKS Mn.
Increase
HK$ Mn.
X
Domestic Exports
184.776
176,439
8,337
4.7
(* of Total Exports)
(39.2%)
(44.6%)
Re-exports
286,773
219,576
67,197
30.6
Total Exports
471.549
396,015
75,534
19.1
Imports
169,009
400,389
68,620
17.1
Trade balance
2,540
-4,374
6,914
Nov 88 to
Nov BT to
Increase
Last 12 months
Det 89 HK$ Hn.
Oct 88 HKS Mn.
HK$ Ha.
Re-exports
Domestic Exports
Total Exports
Imports
Trade balance
226,001
212,366
13,635
6.4
342,603
256.199
86,405
33.7
568.
604
468,564
100,040
21.4
567.418
473,477
93.941
19.8
1.196
-4.913
6,099
24th November,
CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT
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