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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1992
IN VIEW OF THE VOLATILITY IN THE JANUARY FIGURES, IT IS TO MAKE COMPARISONS OVER A LONGER PERIOD.
USEFUL
$534,829
THE 12 MONTHS ENDING JANUARY THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS IN AMOUNTED TO $760,863 MILLION, MADE UP OF RE-EXPORTS OF MILLION AND DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF $226,034 MILLION.
1992
COMPARED WITH
PRECEDING
12
MONTHS, THE EXPORTS ROSE BY $109,770 MILLION OR 25.8% WHILE EXPORTS DECREASED BY $2,380 MILLION OR 1%.
THE
OF RE- VALUE THAT OF DOMESTIC
MILLION
ΤΟ
THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS THUS INCREASED BY $107,390 OR 16.4%. THE VALUE OF IMPORTS ROSE BY $112,130 MILLION OR 16.9% $774,230 MILLION.
IMPORTS,
WAS
A VISIBLE TRADE DEFICIT OF $13,367 MILLION, EQUIVALENT TO OF THE VALUE OF
RECORDED
IN
THE
12
MONTHS
1.7% ENDING
JANUARY 1992.
THE DEFICIT
RECORDED
IN
THE
PRECEDING
12
MONTHS
ENDING
JANUARY 1991 WAS $8,627 MILLION, EQUIVALENT TO 1.3% OF THE IMPORTS.
VALUE OF
THE FOLLOWING TABLE PRESENTS THE PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES JANUARY 1992:
FOR
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT HAS RELEASED THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FIGURES FOR JANUARY:-
MERCHANDISE: DOMESTIC EXPORTS :
RE-EXPORTS TOTAL EXPORTS
IMPORTS
TRADE BALANCE
$14.165 MILLION
$39,009 MILLION
$53,174 MILLION
$55,909 MILLION $2,735 MILLION
(IN DEFICIT)
COMPARATIVE FIGURES
LATEST 3 MONTHS
NOV 91 TO JAN 92 HK$ MN.
NOV 90 TO
JAN 91 HKS MN.
INCREASE
HK$ MN.
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
RE-EXPORTS
TOTAL EXPORTS
56,921
61.266
-4,345
-7.1
143,795
118,487
25,308
21.4
200,716
179,753
20,963
11.7
IMPORTS
TRADE BALANCE
203,598
184,115
19,483
10.6
-2,882
-4,362
1,480
SAME MONTH LAST YEAR
JANUARY 1992
JANUARY
INCREASE
HK$ MN.
1991 HKS MN.
HK$ MN.
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
14,165
19.176
-5,011
-26.1
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(26.6%)
(33.0%)
RE-EXPORTS
39,009
39,021
-12
0.
0
TOTAL EXPORTS
53,174
58,197
-5,023
-8.6
IMPORTS
55,909
60,661
-4,752
-7.8
TRADE BALANCE
-2,735
-2,464
-271
/LAST MONTH