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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1992
USE, BY
THE SUSTAINED INCREASE IN IMPORTS RETAINED FOR LOCAL 13.6% IN VALUE TERMS IN THE FIRST 10 MONTHS OF 1992 OVER A YEAR EARLIER, REFLECTED BOTH A ROBUST DOMESTIC DEMAND AND A FAVOURABLE OUTLOOK FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE COMING MONTHS.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE PRESENTS THE PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR OCTOBER 1992:
MERCHANDISE: DOMESTIC EXPORTS :
RE-EXPORTS
$21,854 MILLION $67,923 MILLION
TOTAL EXPORTS
IMPORTS
TRADE BALANCE
$89,777 MILLION $90.021 MILLION $244 MILLION
(IN DEFICIT)
COMPARATIVE FIGURES
AUG 92 TO
LATEST 3 MONTHS
OCT 92 HK$ NN.
AUG 91 TO
OCT 91 HK$ MN.
INCREASE
HK$ MN.
*
%%
RE-EXPORTS
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
TOTAL EXPORTS
63.817
62,186
1,631
193.226
148,434
44.792
2 .6 30.2
257,043
210,620
46,423
22.0
IMPORTS
TRADE BALANCE
252,343
202,990
+9,353
24.3
4,700
7,630
-2.930
SAME MONTH LAST YEAR
OCTOBER 1992
HKS NN.
OCTOBER
1991 HK$ MN.
INCREASE
HK$ MN.
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
21,854
21,290
558
2.6
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS}
(24.3%)
(29.4%)
RE-EXPORTS
67,923
51,098
[6,825
32.9
TOTAL EXPORTS
89,777
72,394
17,383
24.0
IMPORTS
90,021
69,282
20,739
29.9
TRADE BALANCE
-244
3,112
-3,356
LAST MONTH
OCTOBER 1992
HK$ MN.
SEPTEMBER 1992 HK$ MN.
INCREASE
HK$ MN.
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
21,854
21,129
725
3.4
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(24.3%)
(21.7%)
RE-EXPORTS
67,923
64,361
3,562
5.5
TOTAL EXPORTS
89,777
85,490
4.287
5.0
IMPORTS
90,021
82,952
7,069
8.5
TRADE BALANCE
-244
2,538
-2,782
/CALENDAR YEAR