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THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1974

MAY EXPORTS UP BY NEARLY 50 PER CENT

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THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S DOMESTIC EXPORTS LAST MONTH ROSE BY $730 MILLION TO $2,203 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF 49.6 PER CENT OVER MAY LAST YEAR.

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AT THE SAME TIME, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WENT UP BY 60.0 PER CENT TO $3,462 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 59.2 PER CENT TO $684 MILLION, ACCORDING TO PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES ISSUED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTHENT.

BY VALÓS

FIGURES FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY TO MAY 1974 SHOW INCREASES BY VALUE OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR OF 43.7 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 53.9 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS AND 47.1 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS.

DURING THE 12-MONTH PERIOD JUNE 1973 TO MAY 1974, DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED IN VALUE BY 38.5 PER CENT, RE-EXPORTS BY 61.9 PER CENT, AND IMPORTS BY 44.3 PER CENT.

THE FOLLOWING TABLE GIVES A LIST OF COMPARATIVE FIGURES:

COMPARATIVE FIGURES

MAY 1974

MAY

1973

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN..

$ MN.

$ MN.

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

2,203

1,473

+ 730

+ 49.6

IMPORTS

3,462

2,164

+ 1,298

+ 60.0

RE-EXPORTS

684

430

+ 254

+ 59.2

MAR.-MAY

1974

MAR.-MAY

1973

$ MN.

$ MN.

$ MN.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

5.995

4,080

INCREASE OR

· DECREASE

+ 1,915 + 46.9

X

IMPORTS

9.697

6,207

+ 3.490

+ 56.2

RE-EXPORTS

1,927

1,288

639

+ 49.6

JAN.-MAY

JAN.-MAY

1974

1973

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN.

$ MN.

$ MN.

X

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

9,398

6,540

+2,.858

+ 43.7

IMPORTS

14.683

9.981

RE-EXPORTS

3,093

2,010

+4, 701 +1,083

+ 47.1

+ 53.9

JUNE 1973

TO MAY 1974

JUNE 1972

TO MAY 1973

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

22.332

$ MN. 16, 122

$MN.

X

+6,210

+ 38.5

IMPORTS

33.706

23.362

+10.344

+ 44.3

RE-EXPORTS

7,608

4,699

+2,909

+ 61.9

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