TABLE 1 : EXTERNAL TRADE BY MODE OF TRANSPORT
MODE OF TRANSPORT/
TYPE OF TRADE
JAN-JUN
1996
HKD Mn.
JAN-JUN
1995 HXD Mn.
YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE
HKD Mn.
OCEAN
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
38,925
43,745
RE-EXPORTS
299,441
281,157
4,820 18,284
—
11.0
+
6.5
TOTAL EXPORTS
338,366
324,902
13,464
+
4.1
IMPORTS
336,204
334,263
+
1,941
0.6
TOTAL BY OCEAN
674,569
659,165
15,405
2.3
AIR
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
32,990
34,855
1,f
,865
5.4
RE-EXPORTS
83,566
75,723
+
7,843
10.4
TOTAL EXPORTS
116,556
110,578
5,978
5.4
IMPORTS
163,806
155,448
+
8,358
5.4
TOTAL BY AIR
280,362
266,026
+
14,336
5.4
LAND
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
23,821
RE-EXPORTS
116,285
25,496 114,898
1,675
6.6
1,387
1.2
TOTAL EXPORTS
140,105
140,394
289
0.2
IMPORTS
209,243
197,590
+
11,653
5.9
TOTAL BY LAND
349,348
337,984
11,364
3.4
OTHERS
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
3,526
3,976
T
450
11.3
RE-EXPORTS
51,507
43,375
8,132
+
18.7
TOTAL EXPORTS
55,033
47,351
7,682
+
16.2
IMPORTS
24,567
24,056
511
2.1
TOTAL BY OTHERS
79,600
71,407
8,193
+
11.5
ALL MODES OF TRANSPORT
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
99,261
108,072
8,811
8.2
RE-EXPORTS
550,798
515,152
35,646
6.9
TOTAL EXPORTS
650,060
623,224
26,835
4.3
IMPORTS
733,819
711,356
22,463
3.2
TOTAL TRADE
1,383,879
1,334,581
49.
298
3.7