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JANUARY TRADE FIGURES UP

Friday, March 8, 1974

The value of Hong Kong's domestic exporta for January

this year was $1,896 million -- an increase of $682 million or

56.2 per cent over January 1973, according to provisional trade

figures released today by the Census and Statistics Department.

Importa were up in value by 30.9 per cent as compared

with the same month last year, while re-exporta increased by

61 per cent.

For the 12-month period February 1973 to January 1974,

demestic exports went up by 31.6 per cent over the previous 12-month

period, while re-exporta rose by 59.6 per cent and importa by

33.9 per cent.

A table with comparative figures is given below for easy

reforenco:

HERCHANDISE:

Domestic Exporta: $1,896 million

Imports

: $2,433 million

Re-exporta

$ 576 million

/COMPARATIVE FIGURE