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FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1982

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HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE FOR JANUARY-MARCH

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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY TO MARCH THIS YEAR

VALUED

AT $61 542 MILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF NINE PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY NINE PER CENT TO $17 504 MILLION, IMPORTS BY SEVEN PER CENT TO $33 411 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 12 PER CENT TO $10 627 MILLION.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 10 PER CENT.

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

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

INCREASE/

JAN.-MAR. 1982

(HK$ MN)

JAN.-MAR. 1981

(HK$ MN)

DECREASE (HK$ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

U.S.A.

6 018

5 361

+657

+12

U.K.

1 553

1 516

+ 37

+

2

F.R. OF

1 487

1 606

-119

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GERMANY

CHINA

928

552

+376

+68

AUSTRALIA

671

523

+148

+28

JAPAN

631

555

+ 76

+14

CANADA

510

428

+ 82

+19

SINGAPORE

426

376

+ 50

+13

NETHERLANDS

403

370

+ 33

+9

FRANCE

316

320

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/DOMESTIC EXPORTS