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THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1983

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COMMENTING ON THESE COMPARATIVE FIGURES, THE GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID, +DOMESTIC EXPORTS HAVE SHOWN A CLEAR SIGN OF RECOVERY, AS THE ECONOMIES OF SEVERAL OF HONG KONG'S MAJOR MARKETS CONTINUE TO IMPROVE. THE RAPID GROWTH IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS IN JUNE WAS PROBABLY DUE, IN PART, TO A CONTINUED INCREASE IN RETAINED IMPORTS OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI- MANUFACTURES, INDICATING THAT DOMESTIC EXPORT PERFORMANCE IS LIKELY TO REMAIN STRONG IN THE COMING MONTHS.+

THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS THE PROVISIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FIGURES FOR JUNE 1983.

MERCHANDISE:

DOMESTIC EXPORTS 1 $ 8 920 MILLION

RE-EXPORTS

COMPARATIVE FIGURES

$4 389 MILLION

TOTAL EXPORTS

IMPORTS

1 $13 309 MILLION

TRADE BALANCE

: $14 481 MILLION

■ $ 1 172 MILLION

IN DEFICIT)

LATEST 3 MONTHS

APRIL-JUNE 1983

APRIL-JUNE 1982

$ MN.

$ MN.

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

24 531

20 323

+ 4 208 +20.7

RE-EXPORTS

12 824

10 790

+ 2 034 +18.9

TOTAL EXPORTS

37 355

31 113

+ 6 242

IMPORTS

41 937

TRADE BALANCE

-

4 582

35 306

- 4 193

+ 6 631

+20.1

+18.8

389

SAME MONTH LAST YEAR

JUNE 1983

JUNE 1982

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN.

$ MN.

$ MN.

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

( OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

8 920 (67.0%)

6 953 (66.8%)

+ 1 967

+28.3

RE-EXPORTS

4 389

3 451

938

+27.2

TOTAL EXPORTS

13 309

10 404

* 2 905 +27.9

IMPORTS

14 481

11 714

+ 2 767 +23.6

TRADE BALANCE

-

1 172

- 1 310

138

/LAST MONTE