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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1974

OCTOBER EXPORTS DOWN BY NEARLY 15 PER CENT

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THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S DOMESTIC EXPORTS LAST MONTH DROPPED BY $275 MILLION TO $1,625 MILLION, A. DECREASE OF 14.5 PER CENT OVER OCTOBER 1973.

AT THE SAME TIME, THE VALUE OF FORTS ALSO WENT DOWN EY 3548 MILLION OR 18.3 PER CENT TO $2,455 MILLION WHILE RE-EXPUKTJ DECREASED BY $225 MILLION OR 30.2 PER CENT TO 521 MILLION OVER THE FIGURES FOR OCTOBER LAST YEAR..

HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES ISSUEL

BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY, FIGURES FOR THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY TO OCTOBER THIS YEAR SHOW INCREASES BY VALUE OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1973 90F 24.3 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 26.7 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 14.9 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS.

THE 12-MONTH PERIOD FROM NOVEMBER 1973 TO OCTOBER 1974 SHOWS AN INCREASE BY VALUE OVER THE PREVIOUS 12-MONTH PERIOD OF 28.3 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 31 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 20.7 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS.

THE FOLLOWING TABLE GIVES A LIST OF COMPARATIVE FIGURES :

COMPARATIVE FIGURES

OCTOBER

1974

OCTOBER

1973

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

MN

#

MN

MN

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

1.625

(%% OF TOTAL EXPORTS) (75.7%)

1.900 (71.8%)

275

-

14.5

IMPORTS

2,455

3,003

548

-

18.3

RE-EXPORTS

521

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS) (24.3%)

746 (26.2%)

W

225

-

30.2

AUG-OCT

1974

AUG-OCT

1973

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

3

MN

MN

ક

MK

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

5,797

3,766

31

0.5

IMPORTS

8,099

8,192

1

93

1.1

RE-EXPORTS

1,743

2,171

429

-

19.7

/DOMESTIC EXPORTS..