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MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1976

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EXPORTS UP BY $97 M. LAST MONTH

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THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S DOMESTIC EXPORTS FOR SEPTEMBER WAS $3,061 MILLION, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF $97 MILLION OR 3.3 PER CENT, BY VALUE, COMPARED WITH AUGUST.

ACCORDING TO PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WENT UP BY $249 MILLION OR 7.1 PER CENT AND RE-EXPORTS BY $117 MILLION OR 17.2 PER CENT COMPARED WITH AUGUST.

THE FIGURES FOR THE PERIOD JULY TO SEPTEMBER 1976 SHOWED INCREASES, BY VALUE, OF 39.5 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 23.4 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 20.9 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1975.

THE FIGURES FOR THE 12-MONTH PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 1975 TO SEPTEMBER 1976 COMPARED WITH THOSE OF THE PREVIOUS 12-MONTH PERIOD SHOWED INCREASES, BY VALUE, OF 41.8 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 32.2 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 26 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS.

THE FOLLOWING TRADE TABLE GIVES THE COMPARATIVE FIGURES:

LATEST 3 MONTHS

JULY-SEPTEMBER

1976

JULY-SEPTEMBER

1975

INCREASE OR DECREASE

$ MN.

$ MN.

$ MN.

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

9,022

6,469

+ 2,553

+ 39.5

IMPORTS

10,972

8,890

+ 2,082

+ 23.4

RE-EXPORTS

2,232

1,846

386 + 20.9

SEPTEMBER

AUGUST

LATEST MONTH

1976

1976

INCREASE OR DECREASE

$ MN.

$ MN.

$ MN.

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

3,061 (79.3%)

2,964 (81.3%)

97

3.3

IMPORTS

3,759

3,509

249

7.1

RE-EXPORTS

801

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(20.7%)

683 (18.7%)

117

+ 17.2

CALENDAR