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Thursday, September 28, 1972

DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASE BY 8.5 PER CENT

Hong Kong's domestic exporte last month were valued at $1,417

million, a rise of 8.5 per cent or $111 million over the figure for

August 1971, according to provisional trade figures issued today by the

Census and Statistics Department.

At the same time, imports jumped by 18.9 per cent or $30 million

to $1,895 million. Re-exports also increased substantially over those of

August last year and were worth $370 million an increase of 33.3 per

cent or $93 million.

A spokesman for the Commerce and Industry Department said today

that during the three-month period from June to August this year,

domestic exports totalled $4,052 million, imports $5,680 million and

re-exports 31,096 million.

Compared with the corresponding period in 1971, these figures

represented increases of 7.7 per cent, 11.5 per cent and 26.7 per cent

respectively.

Figures for the eight-month period from January to August

show increases over the same period last year of 8.7 per cent for domestic

exports, 5.2 per cent for imports and 18.6 per cent for re-exports.

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