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Friday, March 29, 1974

FEBRUARY EXPORTS UP BY NEARLY 21 PER CENT

The value of Hong Kong!s domestic exports for February this

year was $1,507 million

an increase of $261 million or 20.9 per

cent over February 1973, according to provisional trade figures released

today by the Census and Statistice Department.

Imports were up in value by 33.3 per cent as compared with

the same month last year, while re-exports increased by 62.2 per cent.

Commenting on these figures, Mrs. F. Hsiung, Assistant Director

of Commerce and Industry said that figures for the period January to

February this year showed increases over the same period in 1973 of

38.3 per cent for domestic exports, 61.6 per cent for re-exports and

32.1 per cent for imports.

For the 12-month period March 1973 to February 1974, domestic

exports went up by 32.1 per cent over the previous 12-month period,

while re-exports rose by 61.8 per cent and imports by 34.7 per cent.

A. table with comparative figures is given below for easy

reference:

MERCHANDISE:

Domestic Exports

Imports

: $1,507 million

: $2,553 million

Re-exports

: $ 591 million

/COMPARATIVE FIGURES .***.