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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1983

HONG KONG'S 1982 EXTERNAL TRADE UP FOUR PER CENT

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TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR 1982, VALUED AT $270 277 MILLION, INCREASED BY FOUR PER CENT COMPARED WITH 1981, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY THREE PER CENT TO $83 032 MILLION, IMPORTS BY THREE PER CENT TO $142 893 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY SIX PER CENT TO $44 353 MILLION.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER INCREASED BY FOUR PER CENT.

CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO HONG KONG'S TEN MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS WERE AS FOLLOWS

INCREASE/

1982 ($ MN)

1981 ($ MN)

DECREASE

PERCENTAGE

($ MN)

CHANGE

U.S.A.

31 223

29 200

+2 023

+7

U.K.

7 187

7 710

523

7

F.R. OF GERMANY

7 031

7 048

16

INSIGNIFICANT

CHINA

3 806

2 924

882

+30

JAPAN

3 167

2 940

227

AUSTRALIA

2 832

2 710

122

+4

CANADA

2 637

2 355

282

+12

SINGAPORE

1 964

1 732

233

+13

NETHERLANDS

1 692

1 598

95

FRANCE

1 507

1 483

24

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A. ROSE BY SEVEN PER CENT.

SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $807 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $644 MILLION OR SIX PER CENT) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $562 MİLLION OR 29 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $516 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILES (BY $152 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT).

/DECREASES IN