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HONG KONG GOVERNMENT

NFORMATION SERVICES

DAILY INFORMATION

BULLETIN

Friday, August 21, 1970

PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR JULY

Exports Continue To Rise

The value of domestic exports for July was $1,023 million, an

increase of $187 million, or 22.3 per cent, over July 1969, according to

provisional trade figures released today by the Census and Statistics

Department.

At $1,516 million, the value of imports showed an increase of $264

million, or 21 per cent, while the value of re-exports, at $255 million,

showed a slight drop of $2 million, or 0.9 per cent.

A spokesman for the Commerce and Industry Department said during

the three-month period between May and July this year, domestic exports

totalled $3,070 million, imports $4,491 million and re-exports $744 million.

Compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, these

figures represented increases of 22 per cent, 19.8 per cent, and 12.1 per

cent respectively.

Figures for the seven-month period between January and July showed

increases over the same period of 1969 of 22.8 per cent for domestic exports,

22.9 per cent for imports, and 11.7 per cent for re-exports.

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/The Census ....