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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1981

COUNTRY AND COMMODITY BREAKDOWN FIGURES

FOR HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE FOR 1980

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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR 1980, VALUED AT $209 893 MILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 30 PER CENT OVER 1979.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 22 PER CENT TO $68 171 MILLION, IMPORTS BY 30 PER CENT TO $111 651 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 50 PER CENT TO $30 072 MILLION. DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 29 PER CENT.

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

THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE TEN MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS WERE :

1980 (HK$ MN.)

1979 (HK$ MN.)

INCREASE/ DECREASE (HK$ MN.)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

U.S.A.

22 591

18 797

+3 794

+ 20

F.R. OF GERMANY

7 384

6 344

+1 040

+ 16

U.K.

6 791

5 974

817

+ 14

JAPAN

2 329

2 656

327

12

AUSTRALIA

1 941

1 789

152

8

SINGAPORE

1 791

1 413

+

378

+ 27

CANADA

1 782

1 637

145

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CHINA

1 605

NETHERLANDS

1 575

603

1 406

+1 002

+166

169

+ 12

FRANCE

1 407

1 004

403

+ 40

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S. CONTINUED TO GROW. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $872 MILLION OR 12 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $634 MILLION OR 42 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BỶ $557 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $546 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT).

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE NOTED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO WEST GERMANY OF CLOTHING (BY $662 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $128 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $97 MILLION OR 60 PER CENT).

/AS FOR