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THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1975

JUNE PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES

THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S DOMESTIC EXPORTS LAST MONTH FELL BY $190 MILLION OR 9.5 PER CENT COMPARED WITH JUNE LAST YEAR. ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES ISSUED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT,

EXPORTS FOR JUNE WAS $1,077 MILLION IN VALUE AS AGAINST $2,074 MILLION IN THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

THE VALUE OF IMPORTS FELL DY 16.6 PER CENT TO $2,635 MILLION AS AGAINST $3,157 MILLION IN JUNE 1974 AND RE-EXPORTS DROPPED B/ 9.7 TO 8547 MILLION COMPARED WITH $COS MILLION IN JUNE LAST YEAR.

FIGURES FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS THIS YEAR SHOWED DECREASES BY VALUE OF 14.5 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS. 16.9 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 13.1 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS, AS AGAINST TI SAME PERIOD IN 1974.

DURING THE 12-MONTII PERIOD BETWEEN JULY 1974 AND JUNE 1975, THERE WERE DECREASES OF 6.7 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 9.8 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 13.7 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS CUMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS 1241ON (N! PERIOD.

THE FOLLOWING TABLE GIVES AN EASY GUIDE TO THE PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES :-

COMPARATIVE FIGURES

DOMESTIC EXPORTS IMPORTS NE-EXPORTS

# $2,635 MILLION

$1,877 MILLION

# $ 547 MILLION

JUNE 1975

JUNE 1974

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN.

$ MN.

$ MN.

93

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

1,877

2,074

198

9.5

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(77.4%)

(77.493)

IMPORTS

2,635

3,157

1

523

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16.6

RE-EXPORTS

547

606

59

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9.7

(SS OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(22.6%)

(22.6)

/APR-JUNE