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Wednesday, June 27, 1973

VALUE OF TRADE CONTINUES TO RISE

申申廟

Assistant Director of the Commerce and Industry Department,

Ir. M.D. Sargant, today described as "very satisfactory' Hong Kong'e trade

figures for the past three months (March to May).

During this period domestic exporta had increased by 19.7 per cent,

importe by 17.5 per cent and re-exports by 43.8 per cent over the same

period in 1972.

Mr. Sargant said the figures extended further the favourable trend

that was developing earlier.

Provisional trade figures published today by the Census and Statistics

Department showed that domestic exports for the month of May were valued at

$1,473 million an increase of 15.4 per cent or $196 million over May last

year.

Imports, worth $2,164 million, rose 15.9 per cent or $297 million.

But the biggest increase was again recorded in the re-export sector which

jumped by 30.5 per cent.

This represented an increase of $100 million to $430 million over the

same month last year.

Details of the figures are:

ERCILANDISE: