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SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 1983

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COUNTRY AND COMMODITY BREAKDOWN FIGURES

FOR HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE FOR JANUARY

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FEBRUARY 1983

THE TOTAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 1983, VALUED AT $40 865 MILLION, SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 5 PER CENT OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1982, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 9.8 PER CENT TO $12 009 MILLION, IMPORTS BY 2 PER CENT TO $21 703 MILLION AND RE-EXPORTS BY 3 PËR CENT TO $7 153 MILLION.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 7 PER CENT.

THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE 10 MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS ARE AS FOLLOWS 1-

JAN-FEB

1983

($ MN)

JAN-FEB

1982 ($ MN)

INCREASE/ DECREASE

($ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

USA

4 627

3 824

+803

+21

FR OF GERMANY

1 035

938

+ 97

+10

UK

922

964

42

4

CHINA

635

578

+ 58

+10

JAPAN

425

406

+ 19

+ 5

CANADA

412

305

+107

+35

AUSTRALIA

357

445

88

-20

SINGAPORE

279

269

+ 10

+4

NETHERLANDS

273

253

+ 20

+ 8

SWITZERLAND

221

190

+ 31

+16

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE US ROSE BY 21 PER CENT. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $427 MILLION OR 31%), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $186 MILLION OR 77%) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $110 MILLION OR 48%). DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $100 MILLION OR 29%) AS WELL AS FOOTWEAR (BY $18 MILLION OR 30%).

DST COMMODITIES