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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1980

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COUNTRY AND COMMODITY BREAKDOWN FIGURES

FOR HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE FOR JANUARY - JULY 1980

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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY TO JULY 1980, VALUED AT $113 987 MILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 33 PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD IN 1979, DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 30 PER CENT TO $37 201 MILLION, IMPORTS BY 33 PER CENT TO $61 130 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 44 PER CENT TO $15 656 MILLION. DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 34 PER CENT.

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT RELEASED THE RELEVANT DETAILED STATISTICS TODAY (SATURDAY).

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

JAN.

JULY BO JAN. JULY 79

(HK$ MN.)

INCREASE/ PERCENTAGE DECREASE

(HK$ MN.)

(HK$ MN.)

CHANGE

U.S.A.

12 603

9 670

+ 2 933

30

F.R. OF GERMANY

4 074

3 198

876

27

U.K.

3 656

3 104

552

18

JAPAN

1 219

1 429

210

15

AUSTRALIA

1 064

909

155

17

SINGAPORE

981

749

232

31

CANADA

937

872

65

7

NETHERLANDS

884

707

177

+

25

CHINA

802

215

587

+ 273

SWITZERLAND

727

471

+

256

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GROWTH IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S. REMAINED STRONG, WITH SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN CLOTHING (BY $805 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $406 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $325 MILLION OR 65 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $288 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT), AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $221 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT).

/SIGNIFICANT INCREASES