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MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1974

MARCH EXPORTS UP BY 42.8 PER CENT

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THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S DOMESTIC EXPORTS LAST MONTH WAS $1,870 MILLION -- AN INCREASE OF $561 MILLION OR 42.8 PER CENT OVER MARCH 1973, ACCORDING TO PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

IMPORTS INCREASED IN VALUE BY 59.3 PER CENT AND RE-EXPORTS BY 40.5 PER CENT OVER THE FIGURES FOR MARCH LAST YEAR.

FIGURES FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY TO MARCH 1974, SHOW INCREASES OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1973 OF 39.9 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS. 53.4 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS AND 41.3 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS.

FOR THE 12-MONTH PERIOD APRIL 1973 TO MARCH 1974, FIGURES SHOW AN INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS 12-MONTH PERIOD OF 33.6 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 60.5 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS AND 38.2 PER CENT FOR

MPORTS.

THE FOLLOWING TABLE GIVES THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR MARCH WITH COMPARISONS.

COMPARATIVE FIGURES

DOMESTIC EXPORTS IMPORTS RE-EXPORTS

$1,870 MILLION

$3,079 MILLION $ 639 MILLION

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MARCH 1974

$ MN.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

IMPORTS

1,870

3,079

RE-EXPORTS

639

JAN

MAR

1974

MARCH 1973

$ MN.

1,310 1,934 455

JAN

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1973

MAR

INCREASE OR DECREASE

$ MN.

%%

+ 561

+1,146

+42.8 +59.3

+ 184

+40.5

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN.

$ MN.

$

MN.

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DOMESTIC EXPORTS

5,273

3.769

IMPORTS

8,065

5.708

RE-EXPORTS

1,805

1,176

APRIL 1973

TO MARCH 1974

APRIL 1972 ·

TO MARCH 1973

+1,503 +39.9 +2,357 +41.3 + 628 +53.4

INCREASE OR DECREASE

$ MN.

$ MN

$

MN.

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DOMESTIC EXPORTS

IMPORTS

RE-EXPORTS

20,978

31.362

7.153

15,704 22,697 4,456

+5.274 +33.6

+8,665 +38.2

+2,698 +60.5

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