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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1977

PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR NOVEMBER

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THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S DOMESTIC EXPORTS FOR LAST MONTH (NOVEMBER) WAS $3,055 MILLION, IMPORTS WERE WORTH $4,325 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS $869 MILLION, ACCORDING TO PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES RELEASED BY CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY.

COMPARED WITH OCTOBER, THE FIGURES REPRESENTED INCREASES OF $155 MILLION OR 5.3 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, $48 MILLION OR 1.1 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND A DECREASE OF $28 ‍MILLION OR 3.2 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS.

AS AGAINST THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR, THE FIGURËS SHOWED INCREASES, BY VALUE, OF $264 MILLION OR 9.5 PER CENT FOR EXPORTS, $623 MILLION OR 16.8 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND $51 MILLION OR 6.2 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS.

THE FIGURES FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS (SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER) AS AGAINST THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR ALSO SHOWED INCREASES, BY VALUE, OF 1.9 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 8.2 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 6.7 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS.

FOR THE 12-MONTH PERIOD FROM DECEMBER 1976 TO NOVEMBER 1977, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS INCREASES BY 8.5 PER CENT, 12.2 PER CENT AND 10.6 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY COMPARED WITH THOSE OF THE PREVIOUS 12-MONTH PERIOD.

THE FOLLOWING ARE COMPARATIVE TRADE FIGURES:

SEPTEMBER- NOVEMBER 1976

LATEST 3 MONTHS

SEPTEMBER- NOVEMBER 1977

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN.

$ MN.

$ MN.

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

8,939

8,776

163

1.9

IMPORTS

12,348

11,407

941

8.2

RE-EXPORTS

2,589

2,426

163

6.7

SAME MONTH

NOVEMBER

NOVEMBER

LAST YEAR

1977

1976

INCREASE OR DECREASE

$ MN.

$ MN.

$ MN.

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

3,055

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(77.9%)

IMPORTS

4,325

2,791 (77.3%)

3,702

264

9.5

623

+ 16.8

RE-EXPORTS

869

817

51

6.2

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(22.1%)

(22.7%)

/LAST MONTH