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THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1978

JULY PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES

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THE VALUE OF HONG KONG'S DOMESTIC EXPORTS FOR LAST MONTH (JULY) WAS $3,523 MILLION, IMPORTS WERE WORTH $5,048 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS $979 MILLION, ACCORDING TO PROVİSİONAL TRADE FIGURES ISSUED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY.

THE FIGURES FOR THE LATEST THREE MONTHS (MAY TO JULY) SHOWED INCREASES, BY VALUE, OF 10.2 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 22.6 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 31.6 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1977.

COMPARED WITH THE SAME MONTH IN 1977, INCREASES, BY VALUE, OF $127 MILLION OR 3.7 PER CENT IN EXPORTS, $809 MILLION OR 19.1 PER CENT IN IMPORTS AND $164 MILLION OR 20.1 PER CENT IN RE-EXPORTS WERE RECORDED.

THE SHORT-TERM CHANGES, JULY 1978 COMPARED WITH JUNE 1978, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF $187 MILLION OR 5.6 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, AND DECREASES OF $57 MILLION OR 1.1 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND $94 MILLION OR 8.8 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS. DOMESTIC EXPORTS, HOWEVER, WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE CONTINUING UP-TREND.

THE FIGURES FOR THE 12-MONTH PERIOD FROM AUGUST 1977 TO JULY 1978 COMPARED WITH THOSE FOR THE PREVIOUS 12-MONTH PERIOD SHOWED INCREASES, BY VALUE, OF 8.3 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 16.4 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 21 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS.

FOLLOWING ARE COMPARATIVE TRADE FIGURES:-

LATEST 3 MONTHS

MAY-JULY 1978

MAY-JULY 1977

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN.

$ MN.

$ MN.

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

10,232

9,284

+ 949

+ 10.2

IMPORTS

15,213

12,407

+2,806

+ 22.6

RE-EXPORTS

3,215

2,443

772

+ 31.6

JULY

JULY

INCREASE OR

SAME MONTH LAST YEAR

1978

1977

DECREASE

$ MN.

$ MN.

$ MN.

96

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

3,523

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(78.3%)

3,396 (80.6%)

127

3.7

IMPORTS

5,048

4,239

+ 809

+ 19.1

RE-EXPORTS

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

979 (21.7%)

815 (19.4%)

164

+ 20.1

/LAST MONTH