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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1979

COUNTRY AND COMMODITY BREAKDOWN FIGURES

FOR HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE FOR JANUARY-OCTOBER 1979

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THE MERCHANDISE TRADE VALUE FOR JANUARY TO OCTOBER THIS YEAR AMOUNTED TO $130 435 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF 40 PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD OF 1978.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 38 PER CENT TO $44 995 MILLION, IMPORTS BY 39 PER CENT TO $69 309 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 53 PER CENT TO $16 132 MILLION. DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER AMOUNTED TO $61 127 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF 42 PER CENT.

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (SUNDAY) THE DETAILED STATISTICS.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO TEN MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS ARE AS

RELEASED

FOLLOWS -

JAN.-OCT. 79 (HK$ M.)

JAN.-OCT. 78

(HK$ M.)

INCREASE (HK$ M.)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

U.S.A.

15 323

12 431

+ 2 892

+ 23%

F.R. OF GERMANY

5 007

3 397

+ 1 610

+ 47%

U.K.

4 797

3 024

+ 1 773

+ 59%

JAPAN

2 243

1 436

807

+ 56%

AUSTRALIA

1 439

1 206

233

+ 19%

CANADA

1 313

1 019

294

+ 29%

SINGAPORE

1 148

868

280

+ 32%

NETHERLANDS

1 084

710

374

+ 53%

SWEDEN

763

441

322

+ 73%

FRANCE

751

424

327

+ 77%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S. CONTINUED TO RISE STEADILY WITH CLOTHING, SHOWING AN INCREASE OF $758 MILLION OR 15 PERCENT FOR THE FIRST TEN MONTHS OF THIS YEAR. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED IN DELIVERIES OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $426 MILLION OR 54%), PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $360 MILLION OR 35%), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $204 MILLION OR 32%), AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $195 MILLION OR 32%).

PROMINENT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING (BY $834 MILLION OR 41%), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $254 MILLION OR 170%), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS (BY $185 MILLION OR 51%) TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY.

/DOMESTIC EXPORTS