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SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1982

COUNTRY AND COMMODITY BREAKDOWN FIGURES

FOR HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE FOR JANUARY-JUNE 1982

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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY TO JUNE 1982, VALUED AT $127 961 MILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF SIX PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1981.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY SIX PER CENT TO $37 827 MILLION, IMPORTS BY FIVE PER CENT TO $68 718 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY TEN PER CENT TO $21 417 MILLION. DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER SHOWED AN INCREASE OF SEVEN PER CENT.

ACCORDING TO TRADE STATISTICS RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY, THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE TEN MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS WERE AS FOLLOWS =

JAN.-JUNE 1982 JAN.-JUNE 1981

INCREASE/ DECREASE

PERCENTAGE

(HK$ MN)

(HK$ MN)

(HK$ MN)

CHANGE

U.S.A.

13 966

12 554

+1 412

+11

U.K.

3 180

3 394

214

6

F.R. OF

3 075

3 223

149

5

GERMANY

CHINA

1 819

1 177

642

+ 55

JAPAN

1 360

1 246

114

9

AUSTRALIA

1 304

1 076

227

+21

CANADA

1 134

993

141

+ 14

SINGAPORE

906

802

103

+ 13

NETHERLANDS

762

724

38

5

FRANCE

718

699

19

3

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S. ROSE BY 11 PER CENT. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $705 MILLION OR 91 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $526 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT), AND ELECTRICAL_MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $213 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TEXTILES (BY $51 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT) AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $457 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT).

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES INCREASED BY $19 MILLION OR TEN PER CENT BUT THOSE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT DECLINED BY $73 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT.

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