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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1979

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PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR MARCH 1979

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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) PUBLISHED THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL MERCHANDISE TRADE DURING MARCH 1979.

THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS FOR MARCH WAS $3,814 MILLION, IMPORTS TOTALLED $6,482 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS $1,559 MILLION. THE TRADE DEFICIT WAS $1,109 MILLION,

THE FIGURES FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY TO MARCH 1979 (LATEST THREE MONTHS) SHOWED INCREASES, BY VALUE, COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD JANUARY TO MARCH 1978 OF 31.1 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 34.1 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 58.6 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS.

CENT.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER ROSE BY 38.1 PER

COMPARED WITH THE SAME OF $954 MILLION OR 33.4 PER MILLION OR 32.8 PER CENT IN PER CENT IN RE-EXPORTS WERE

MONTH IN 1978, INCREASES, BY VALUE, CENT IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS, $1,600 IMPORTS AND $572 MILLION OR 57.9 RECORDED.

THE SHORT TERM CHANGES, MARCH 1979 COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1979, SHOWED INCREASES OF $1,380 MILLION OR 56.7 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, $880 MILLION OR 15.7 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND $255 MILLION OR 19.6 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS.

THE FIGURES FOR THE 12-MONTH PERIOD FROM APRIL 1978 TO MARCH 1979 COMPARED WITH THOSE OF THE PREVIOUS 12-MONTH PERIOD SHOWED INCREASES, BY VALUE, OF 21.6 PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, 33.3 PER CENT FOR IMPORTS AND 44.4 PER CENT FOR RE-EXPORTS.

ARE

THE MARCH PROVISIONAL EXTERNAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FIGURES

MERCHANDISE:

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

: $3,814 MILLION

IMPORTS

RE-EXPORTS

: $6,482 MILLION

: $1,559 MILLION

TRADE BALANCE

: $1,109 MILLION (IN DEFICIT)

/COMPARATIVE FIGURES

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