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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1977

DOMESTIC EXPORTS FOR MAY UP 13 PER CENT OVER APRIL

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THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S DOMESTIC EXPORTS FOR MAY WAS $2,958 MILLION, IMPORTS WERE WORTH $4,177 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS $822 MILLION.

ACCORDING TO PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, DOMESTIC EXPORTS WENT UP BY $340 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT, IMPORTS BY $47 MILLION OR 1.1 PER CENT AND RE-EXPORTS BY $103 MILLION OR 14.4 PER CENT COMPARED WITH APRIL.

COMPARED WITH THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR, DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY 9.9 PER CENT, IMPORTS BY 10.8 PER CENT AND RE-EXPORTS BY 9.4 PER CENT.

THE FIGURES FOR THE PERIOD MARCH TO MAY ALSO SHOWED INCREASES BY VALUE OF 3.5 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 14 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 6.9 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

THE FIGURES FOR THE 12-MONTH PERIOD FROM JUNE 1976 TO MAY 1977 COMPARED WITH THOSE OF THE PREVIOUS 12-MONTH PERIOD SHOWED INCREASES BY VALUE OF 24.5 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 19.7 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 17.6 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS,

THE FOLLOWING TRADE TABLE GIVES THE COMPARATIVE FIGURES :

COMPARATIVE FIGURES

MARCH

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MAY

LATEST 3 MONTHS

1977

MARCH – MAY

1976

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

$ MN. 7,902

$ MN. 7,638

$ MN.

%

264 + 3.5

IMPORTS

12,238

10,735

+ 1,504

+14.0

RE-EXPORTS

2,304

2,156

148 + 6.9

SAME MONTH LAST YEAR

MAY 1977

MAY 1976

$ MN.

$ MN.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

2,958 (78.2%)

4.177

2,692 (78.2%)

INCREASE OR DECREASE

$ MN.

266 + 9.9

IMPORTS

3,768

409 +10.0

RE-EXPORTS

822

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(21.8%)

751 (21.8%)

71

+ 9.4

/LAST MONTH

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