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THURSDAY,

NOVEMBER 18,

ER 18, 19072

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HONG KONG'S JANUARY - SEPTEMBER EXTERNAL TRADE

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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1982, VALUED AT $197 176 MILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF FOUR PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1981, ACCORDING TO FIGURES PROVIDED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY).

DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY FOUR PER CENT TO $60 424 MILLION, IMPORTS BY FOUR PER CENT TO $104 437 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY SEVEN PER CENT TO $32 314 MILLION. DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER SHOWED AN INCREASE OF FIVE PER CENT.

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

INCREASE/

JAN.-SEPT. 1982

($ MN)

JAN.-SEPT. 1981

($ MN)

DECREASE DECREASE

($ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

U.S.A.

22 657

20 988

+1 669

U.K.

5 140

5 493

I

353

6

F.R. OF GERMANY

5 043

5 133

90

- 2

CHINA

2 758

1 937

821

+42

JAPAN

2 339

2 114

225

+11

AUSTRALIA

2 095

1 878

217

+12

CANADA

1 904

1 705

199

+12

SINGAPORE

1 411

1 259

152

+12

NETHERLANDS

1 197

1 159

38

+ 3

FRANCE

1 084

1 034

50

+5

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A. ROSE BY EIGHT PER CENT. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $902 MILLION OR 56%), CLOTHING (BY $710 MILLION OR 9%) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $286 MILLION OR 24%). DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $608 MILLION OR 35%) AS WELL AS TEXTILES (BY $115 MILLION OR 21%).

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES INCREASED BY $9 MILLION OR THREE PER CENT BUT THOSE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT DECLINED BY $126 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT.

/MOST COMMODIFIES