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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1980

HK EXTERNAL TRADE FOR JAN-OCT 1980

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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1980, VALUED AT $169 536 MILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 30 PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD IN 1979.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 25 PER CENT TO $56 030 MILLION, IMPORTS BY 29 PER CENT TO $89 482 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 49 PER CENT TO $24 023 MILLION. DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 31 PER CENT, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY).

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

JAN-OCT 80 (HK$ MN.)

JAN-OCT 79

(HK$ MN.)

INCREASE/ DECREASE (HK$ MN.)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

U.S.A.

18 961

15 323

+3 638

+24

F.R. OF GERMANY

6 022

5 007

+1 015

+ 20

U.K.

5 464

4 797

667

+ 14

JAPAN

1 902

2 243

341

- 15

AUSTRALIA

1 627

1 439

188

+ 13

SINGAPORE

1 490

1 148

342

+ 30

CANADA

1 438

1 313

125

+ 10

NETHERLANDS

1 275

1 084

191

+ 18

CHINA

1 197

416

781

+188

FRANCE

1 088

751

337

+ 45

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO U.S.A. CONTINUED TO GROW. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR CLOTHING (BY $913 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $547 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $460 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $435 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $340 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT).

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SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE NOTED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO WEST GERMANY OF CLOTHING (BY $596 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $114 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $86 MILLION OR 66 PER CENT).

/AS FCR