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THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1993
PROVISIONAL FIGURES OF EXTERNAL TRADE FOR JULY 1993
MERCHANDISE: Domestic Exports :
Re-exports
Total Exports Imports
Trade balance
$21,369 million
$76,503 million
$97,872 million
$98,690 million -$818 million
COMPARATIVE FIGURES
Latest 3 months
May 93 to Jul 93
May 92 to
Change
HK$ Hn.
Jul 92 HKS Mn.
HKS Mn.
X
Domestic Exports
58,027
(% of Total Exports)
(21.6%)
61.8
897 (25.9%)
-3,870
-6.3
Re-exports
210,479
177,072
+33.
407
+18.9
Total Exports
268,507
238,969
+29,537
+12.4
Imports
278,709
251,105
+27,604 +11.0
Trade balance
-10,202
-12,136
+1,934
July
July
Change
Same month last year
1993
1992
HKS Mn.
HKS Mn.
HKS Mn.
Domestic Exports
21,369
21,380.
-17
-0.1
(% of Total Exports)
(21.8%)
(26.0%)
Re-exports
76,503
60,782
+15,721
+25.9
Total Exports
97,872
82.162
+15,710
+19.1
Imports
98,690
81,
966
+13,1
,725
+16.2
Trade balance
-818
-2,804
+1,996
July
June
Change
Last month
1993
1993
HK$ Mn.
HK$ Nm.
HK$ Mn.
Domestic Exports
% of Total Exports)
21,
369
18,509
+2,860 +15.5
(21.8%)
(21.6%)
Re-exports
Total Exports
Imports
Trade balance
76,503
67,041
+9,462 +14.1
97,872
85,551
+12,321
+14.4
98,690
89,295
+9,396 +10.5
-818
-3,744
+2,926
Calendar year to-date
Domestic Exports
(% of Total Exports)
Re-exports
Total Exports
Jan-Jul 1993
HK$ Mn.
Jan-Jul 1992 HKS Mn.
Change
HK$ Mn.
124,551
128,321
-3,770
-2.9
452,
[21.6%)
,292
576,843
(25.8%)
370,014
+82,278
+22.2
498,335
Imports
Trade balance
605,417
-28,573
527, 612 -29,277
+78,508 +15.8 +77,804 +704
+14.7
Aug 92 to
Aug 91 to
Change
Last 12 months
Jul 93 HKS MA.
Jul 92 HK$ Mn.
HK$ Mn.
X
Domestic Exports
(% of Total Exports)
230,353
233,264
-2,910
-1.2
(23.0%)
(27.2%)
Re-exports
Total Exports
Imports
Trade balance
773,108
623,234
+149,874 +24.0
1,003,461
856,498
+146,963 +17.2
1,033,099
878,291
+154,809
+17.6
-29,638
-21,793
-7,845
26 August 1993
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