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Thursday, March 1, 1973

PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR JANUARY

Nearly Six Per Cent Increase Shown In Exports

The value of Hong Kong's domestic exports for the month of January

an increase of $67 million or 5.8 per cent over the

was $1,214 million

same month last year.

Provisional trade figures released today by the Census and

Statistics Department showed that imports were worth $1,859 million,

a rise of 21.4 per cent or $327 million.

Re-exports also rose to $358 million, up $70 million or 24.4 per

cent compared with Jamiary 1972.

A spokesman for the Commerce and Industry Department said that

during the three-month period from November 1972 to January 1973, domestic exports

totalled $3,770 million imports $5,757 million and re-exports 1,164 willion.

Comparied with the corresponding period in the previous year,

these figures represented increases of 10.1 per cent, 14.2 per cent and

27 per cent respectively.

The provisional trade figures for January are as follows:

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