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FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1976

EXPORTS UP BY $166 M LAST MONTH ******

THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S DOMESTIC EXPORTS FOR JULY WAS $2,997 MILLION, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF $166 MILLION OR 5.9 PER CENT, BY VALUE, COMPARED WITH JUNE.

ACCORDING TO PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WENT UP BY $51 MILLION OR 1.4 PER CENT AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY $10 MILLION OR 1.4 PER CENT COMPARED WITH JUNE.

THE FIGURES FOR THE PERIOD MAY TO JULY 1976 SHOWED INCREASES, BY VALUE, OF 50.1 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 35.8 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 30.9 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS.

THE FIGURES FOR THE 12-MONTH PERIOD FROM AUGUST 1975 TO JULY 1976 COMPARED WITH THOSE OF THE PREVIOUS 12-MONTH PERIOD SHOWED INCREASES, BY VALUE, OF 35.8 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 29.6 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 22.6 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS.

THE FOLLOWING TRADE TABLE GIVES THE COMPARATIVE FIGURES :

COMPARATIVE FIGURES

MAY

-

LATEST 3 MONTHS

JULY 1976

MAY - JULY 1975

INCREASE OR DECREASE

$ MN.

$ MN.

MN.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

8,519

5,677

+2,842

+50.1

IMPORTS

11,124

8,194

+2,930 +35.8

RE-EXPORTS

2,236

1,708

JULY

JUNE

LATEST MONTH

1976

1976

528 +30.9

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN.

$ MN.

$

MN.

*

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

2,997

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(80,0%)

2,831 (79.3%)

166

+ 5.9

IMPORTS

3,704

3,652

51

+1.4

RE-EXPORTS

747

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(20.0%)

737 (20.7%)

10

+1.4

/JAN

-

JULY