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MONDAY, JULY 14, 1980

EXTERNAL TRADE FOR JANUARY-MAY 1980

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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY TO MAY 1980. VALUED AT $79 081 MILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 37 PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD IN 1979, STATISTICS RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT SHOWED TODAY (MONDAY).

DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 33 PER CENT TO $25 050 MILLION, IMPORTS BY 37 PER CENT TO $43 170 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 46 PER CENT TO $10 862 MILLION.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 37 PER CENT.

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

JAN MAY 80

JAN

-

MAY 79

INCREASE/

PERCENTAGE

(HK$ MN.)

(HK$ MN.)

DECREASE (HK$ MN.)

CHANGE

US A

8 267

6 194

+ 2 073

+ 33

F.R. OF GERMANY

2 743

2 137

606

UK

2 500

2 157

343

28

+16

JAPAN

865

979

114

-

12

AUSTRALIA

746

635

111

+ 17

SINGAPORE

679

504

175

+ 35

NETHERLANDS

611

468

143

+ 31

CANADA

608

565

43

8

CHINA

557

119

438

+368

FRANCE

510

318

192

60

INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S. WERE REGISTERED MAINLY IN CLOTHING (BY $577 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $263 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $235 MILLION OR 73 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $203 MILLION OR 62 PER CENT) OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $158 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT).

AND

/INCREASES IN