THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1993
PROVISIONAL FIGURES OF EXTERNAL TRADE FOR MARCH 1993
MERCHANDISE: DOMESTIC EXPORTS
RE-EXPORTS
TOTAL EXPORTS
IMPORTS
TRADE BALANCE
$17,343 MILLION
$63,469 MILLION
$80,812 MILLION
$86,855 MILLION
-$6,043 MILLION
COMPARATIVE FIGURES
LATEST 3 MONTHS
JAN 93 TO
JAN 92 TO
CHANGE
MAR 93 HK$ MN
MAR 92
HK$ MN
HK$ MN
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
48,709
48,707
+3
+0.0
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(21.9%)
(25.9%)
RE-EXPORTS
174,198
139,611
+34,586
+24.8
TOTAL EXPORTS
222,907
188,318
+34.589
+18.4
IMPORTS
233,054
197,956
+35.098
+17.7
TRADE BALANCE
-10,147
-9,638
-509
MARCH
MARCH
CHANGE
SAME MONTH LAST YEAR
1993
1992
HK$ MN
HK$ MN
HK$ MN
%%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
17,343
17.052
+292
+1.7
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(21.5%)
(25.0%)
RE-EXPORTS
63,469
51,222
+12,246
+23.9
TOTAL EXPORTS
80,812
68,274
+12,538
+18.4
IMPORTS
86,855
73,873
+12,983
+17.6
TRADE BALANCE
-6,043
-5,599
-445
MARCH
FEBRUARY
CHANGE
LAST MONTH
1993
1993
HK$ MN
HK$ MN
HK$ MN
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
17,343
16,807
+537
+3.2
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(21.5%)
(21.4%)
RE-EXPORTS
63,469
61,564
+1,904
+3.1
TOTAL EXPORTS
80,812
78,371
+2,441
+3.1
IMPORTS
86,855
82,848
+4,007
+4.8
TRADE BALANCE
-6,043
-4,477
-1,566
APR 92 TO
APR 91 TO
CHANGE
LAST 12 MONTHS
MAR 93
HK$ MN
MAR HK$ MN
92
HK$ MN
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
234,126
231,251
+2,875
+1.2
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(24.4%)
(28.9%)
RE-EXPORTS
725.416
570.092
+155,323
+27.2
TOTAL EXPORTS
959,542
801.344
+158,198
+19.7
IMPORTS
990,393
814,263
+176, 130
+21.6
TRADE BALANCE
-30,851
-12,919
-17,932
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