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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1982

BREAKDOWN FIGURES FOR HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE IN 1981

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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE IN 1981, VALUED AT $260 537 MILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 24 PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH 1980. DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 18 PER CENT TO $80 423 MILLION, IMPORTS BY 24 PER CENT TO $138 375 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 39 PER CENT TO $41 739 MILLION, DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 24 PER CENT.

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT RELEASED TODAY THE RELEVANT DETAILED TRADE STATISTICS.

THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE TEN MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS WERE AS FOLLOWS1-

INCREASE/

1981 (HK$ MN.)

1980 (HK$ MN.)

DECREASE (HK$ MN.)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

U.S.A.

29 200

22 591

+6 609

+29

U.K.

7 710

6 791

919

+14

F.R. OF GERMANY

7 048

7 384

·

336

-

- 5

JAPAN

2 940

2 329

611

+26

CHINA

2 924

1 605

+1 319

+82

AUSTRALIA

2 710

1 941

769

+40

CANADA

2 355

1 782

573

+32

SINGAPORE

1 732

1 791

59

3

NETHERLANDS

1 598

1 575

23

+ 1

FRANCE

1 483

1 407

76

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S. CONTINUED TO GROW.

SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $2 874 MILLION OR 36 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $917 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT), PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $706 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT) AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND PARTS FOR COMPUTERS (BY $687 MILLION OR 53 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TRANSISTORS AND DIODES, AS WELL AS OFFICE MACHINES, DECLINED (BY $56 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT, AND $77 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT, RESPECTIVELY).

/INC.RALES NAS