XN000022-1981-03-29 — Page 2

SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 1981

EXTERNAL TRADE FOR JANUARY 1981

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HONG KONG'S TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY 1981, VALUED AT $20 359 MILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 34 PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING MONTH IN 1980.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 27 PER CENT TO $6 346 MILLION, IMPORTS BY 31 PER CENT TO $10 685 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 63 PER CENT TO $3 328 MILLION. DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 37 PER CENT.

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

THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS ARE AS FOLLOWS :

JAN 1981 (HK$ MN.)

JAN 1980 (HK$ MN.)

INCREASE (HK$ MN.)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

US A

F.R. OF GERMANY

じゃ

AUSTRALIA

2 222

1 515

+707

+47

668

635

+ 33

+ 5

355

528

+ 27

+ 5

213

183

+ 30

+16

CHINA

202

109

+ 94

+86

JAPAN

198

181

+ 16

+9

CANADA

163

119

+44

+37

NETHERLANDS

150

135

+ 15

+11

SINGAPORE

147

132

+ 16

+12

NIGERIA

134

68

+66

+96

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S. CONTINUED TO GROW. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $440 MILLION OR 77 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $69 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $47 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT).

A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE WAS NOTED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING TO WEST GERMANY (BY $54 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT DECLINED (BY $16 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT).

AS FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UK, AN INCREASE WAS RECORDED IN ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $16 MILLION OR 83 PER CENT) BUT DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TEXTILES (BY $10 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT).

DOMESTIC PCns