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MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1982

HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE FOR JANUARY AUGUST 1982

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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY TO AUGUST 1982, VALUED AT $174 444 MILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF FIVE PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1981, ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY SIX PER CENT TO $53 227 MILLION, IMPORTS BY FOUR PER CENT TO $92 619 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY EIGHT PER CENT TO $28 598 MILLION.

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

THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS WERE AS FOLLOWS I-

INCREASE/

JAN.-AUG. 1982

($ MN)

JAN.-AUG. 1981

($ MN)

DECREASE PERCENTAGE

($ MN)

CHANGE

US A

19 857

18 153

+1 704

+9

FR OF GERMANY

4 523

4 552

29

1

UK

4 488

4 761

273

6

CHINA

2 434

1 643

791

+48

JAPAN

2 009

1 785

224

+13

AUSTRALIA

1 841

1 611

230

+14

CANADA

1 642

1 479

163

+11

SINGAPORE

1 241

1 100

141

+13

NETHERLANDS

1 078

1 008

70

+7

FRANCE

967

921

46

+5

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE US ROSE BY NINE PER CENT, SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $928 MILLION OR 71 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $727 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $88 MILLION OR FOUR PER CENT). DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TEXTILES (BY $89 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT) AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $574 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT).

MOST COMMODITIES EXPORTED TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY DECLINED IN VALUE, INCLUDING WATCHES AND CLOCKS (DECLINED BY $31 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (DECLINED BY $77 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT). DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES INCREASED STEADILY (BY $29 MILLIÓN OR 16 PER CENT).

/DOMESTIC EXPORTS