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MONDAY, JULY 24, 1978

PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR JUNE

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THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S DOMESTIC EXPORTS FOR LAST MONTH (JUNE) WAS $3,336 MILLION, IMPORTS WERE WORTH $5,105 MILLION AND-EXPORTS $1,073 MILLION, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL TAL FIGURES ISSUED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY.

THESE REPRESENT INCREASES, BY VALUE, OF $406 MILLION OR 13.9 PER CENT IN EXPORTS, $1,113 MILLION OR 27.9 PER CENT IN IMPORTS AND $267 MILLION OR 33.1 PER CENT IN RE-EXPORTS COMPARED WITH THE FIGURES OF JUNE LAST YEAR.

THE FIGURES FOR THE LATEST THREE MONTHS (APRIL TO JUNE) SHOWED INCREASES, BY VALUE, OF 14.7 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 23.1 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 37.9 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS, COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1977.

THE SHORT TERM CHANGES (JUNE 1978 COMPARED WITH MAY 1978) SHOWED AN INCREASE OF $43 MILLION OR 0.9 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS, AND INCREASES OF $36 MILLION OR 1.1 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND $91 MILLION OR 7.8 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS.

THE FIGURES FOR THE 12-MONTH PERIOD FROM JULY 1977 TO JUNE 1978 COMPARED WITH THOSE FOR THE PREVIOUS CORRESPONDING PERIOD SHOWED INCREASES, BY VALUE, OF 9.2 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 16 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 19.7 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS.

FOLLOWING ARE COMPARATIVE TRADE FIGURES:-

LATEST 3 MONTHS

APRIL-JUNE 1978

APRIL-JUNE 1977

INCREASE OR DECREASE

$ MN.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

9,752

$ MN.

8,505

3 MN.

%

+ 1,247

+ 14.7

IMPORTS

15,134

12,298

+ 2,836

+ 23.1

RE-EXPORTS

3,237

2,347

891 + 37.9

SAME MONTH LAST

YEAR

JUNE

JUNE

1978

1977

INCREASE OR DECREASE

$ MN.

$ MN.

$ MN.

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

3,336

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(75.7%)

2.930 (78.4%)

406

+ 13.9

IMPORTS

5,105

3,992

+ 1,113

+ 27.9

RE-EXPORTS

1,073

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(24.3%)

806 (21.6%)

267

+ 33.1

/LAST MONTH