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MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1978

$92,894 MILLION IN TOTAL TRADE VALUE FOR FIRST 10 MONTHS

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HONG KONG'S TOTAL TRADE VALUE FOR THE FIRST 10 MONTHS THIS YEAR WAS $92,894 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF 23 PER CENT OVER THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD OF 1977, ACCORDING TO EXTERNAL TRADE FIGURES RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY).

TOTAL EXPORTS ROSE BY 19 PER CENT TO $43,154 MILLION, DUE TO INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS ($32,582 MILLION, UP 15 PER CENT) AND RE-EXPORTS ($10,572 MILLION, UP 32 PER CENT). IMPORTS ALSO ROSE BY 26 PER CENT TO $49,740 MILLION.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO 10 MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS ARE:

JAN.-OCT.77

JAN.-OCT.78

INCREASE

(HK$ MN)

(HK$ MN)

(HK$ MN)

PERCENTAGE

CHANGE

U.S.A.

11,165

12,431

+1,266

+11

F.R. OF GERMANY

2,849

3,397

548

+19

UNITED KINGDOM

2,344

3,024

680

+29

JAPAN

1,138

1,436

+

298

+26

AUSTRALIA

1,048

1,206

158

+15

CANADA

965

1,019

54

+6

SINGAPORE

730

868

138

+19

THE NETHERLANDS

591

710

119

+20

SWITZERLAND AND

LIECHTENSTE IN

461

549

88

+19

NIGERIA

351

497

146

+41

EXPORTS TO U.S.A. ROSE BY 11 PER CENT, MAINLY DUE TO INCREASED DELIVERIES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ($5,145 MILLION, +15 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES ($791 MILLION, +12 PER CENT) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($628 MILLION, +50 PER CENT). HOWEVER, DECLINES WERE RECORDED IN PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS ($1,021 MILLION, -3 PER CENT), RADIO RECEIVERS ($497 MILLION, -37 PER CENT) AND TEXTILE YARN AND FABRICS ($362 MILLION, -11 PER CENT).

INCREASED EXPORTS TO F.R. OF GERMANY WERE BOOSTED BY A RISE IN SHIPMENTS OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ($2,016 MILLION, +20 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS, SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING EQUIPMENT ($366 MILLION, +10 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($149 MILLION, +124 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS ($117 MILLION, +39 PER CENT).

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