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FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1980

* OBTAIN ANY EXEMPTION FROM OR ABATEMENT OF

LIABILITY TO MAKE A PAYMENT.

+AS PROVIDED BY THE BILL, SOME OF THESE OFFENCES IF COMMITTED BY A COMPANY WOULD RENDER OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY LIABLE IF THE OFFENCES WERE COMMITTED WITH THEIR CONNIVANCE, HE ADDED.

TRADE FIGURES FOR JANUARY TO APRIL

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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY TO APRIL 1980, VALUED AT $61 155 MILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 37 PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD IN 1979.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 34 PER CENT TO $19 092 MILLION, IMPORTS BY 37 PER CENT TO $33 726 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 44 PER CENT TO $8 337 MILLION. DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 37 PER CENT.

THE DETAILED STATISTICS WERE RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO TEN MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

INCREASE

JAN-APR 80

(HK$ M)

JAN-APR 79

(HK$ M)

DECREASE

PERCENTAGE

(HK$ M)

CHANGE

U.S.A.

6 151

4 584

+ 1 567

34

F.R. OF GERMANY

2 155

1 659

496

30

U.K.

1 945

1 646

299

18

JAPAN

680

752

72

10

AUSTRALIA

588

501

87

17

SINGAPORE

520

392

128

33

NETHERLANDS

481

366

115

31

CANADA

469

418

51

12

CHINA

429

83

346

+ 417

FRANCE

379

237

142

60

/INCREASES IN