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Thursday, January 4, 1973

PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR NOVEMBER 1972

Exports Show Increase Of 13.9 Per Cent

The value of Hong Kong's domestic exports for November, 1972 was

$1,343 million, which represents an increase of $164 million or 13.9 per cent

over November, 1971.

The Census and Statistics Department today published the provisional

figures for Hong Kong's external trade during November, 1972.

At $1,919 million, the value of imports shows an increase of $134

million or 7.5 per cent while the value of re-exports at $416 million shows a

rise of $80 million or 23.7 per cent when compared with November last year.

A spokesman of the Commerce and Industry Department said that during

the three-month period from September to November 1972, domestic exports totalled $4,317 million, imports $5,721 million and re-exporte $1,203 million.

Compared with the corresponding period in the previous year, these

figures represented increases of 16.3 per cent, 10.7 per cent and 25 per cent

respectively.

Figures for the eleven-month period from January to November show

increases over the same period in 1971 of 10.9 per cent for domestic exports,

6.8 per cent for imports and 20.6 per cent for re-exports.

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