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THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1987

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THE FOLLOWING TABLE PRESENTS THE PROVISIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FIGURES FOR FEBRUARY 1987:

MERCHANDISE:

COMPARATIVE FIGURES

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

$9 992 MILLION

RE-EXPORTS

$10 616 MILLION

TOTAL EXPORTS

IMPORTS

TRADE BALANCE

$20 608 MILLION

$24 118 MILLION

$3 510 MILLION (IN DEFICIT)

DEC 86 TO FEB 87

DEC 85 TO

INCREASE

LATEST 3 MONTHS

HK$ MN.

FEB 86 HK$ MN.

HK$ MN.

20

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

39 413

31 202

8 211

26.3

RE-EXPORTS

35 247

24 904

10 343

41.5

TOTAL EXPORTS

74 660

56 106

18 554

33.1

IMPORTS

75 102

57 969

17 133

27.6

TRADE BALANCE

-442

-1 863

1 421

FEBRUARY 1987

SAME MONTH LAST YEAR

HK$ MN.

FEBRUARY 1986 HK$ MN.

INCREASE

HK$ MN.

Sa

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

9 992

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(48.5%)

8 347 (54.8%)

1 645

19.7

RE-EXPORTS

10 616

6 876

3 740

54.4

TOTAL EXPORTS

20 608

15 223

5 385

35.4

IMPORTS

24 118

16 983

7 135

42.J

TRADE BALANCE

-3 510

-1 760

-1 750

LAST MONTH

FEBRUARY 1987 HK$ MN.

JANUARY 1987 HK$ MN.

HK$ MN.

INCREASE

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

9 992 (48.5%)

14 053 (53.9%)

-4 061

-28.9

/RE-EXPORTS