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HONG KONG DAILY

HOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES

INFORMATION BULLETIN

Tuesday, May 30, 1972

PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR APRIL

Exports Show Slight Increase

The value of Hong Kong's domestic exports for April was $1,076 million,

which represents an increase of $6 million or 0.5 per cent over April 1971.

At $1,743 million, the value of imports shows a decrease of $26

million or 1.5 per cent while the value of re-exports at $261 million shows a slight drop of $0.2 million or 0.06 per cent when compared with April of

last year.

A spokesman of the Commerce and Industry Department said today that

during the three-month period from February to April 1972, domestic exports totalled $3,240 million, imports $4,986 million and re-exports $848 million.

Compared with the corresponding period in the previous year, these figures represented an increase of 6.8 per cent, a drop of 1.5 per cent and a rise of 8.2 per cent respectively.

Figures for the four-month period January to April show increases

over the same period in 1971 of 10.3 per cent for domestic exports, 0.4 per cent for imports and 14.5 per cent for re-exports.

The following provisional figures for April have been released by the

Census and Statistica Department:

MERCHANDISE: