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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1987

THE EVEN MORE RAPID GROWTH IN RE-EXPORTS WAS MAINLY DUE TO THE

WITH

WHICH CHITNA,

FEATURED FLOURISHING ENTREPOT TRADE

PROMINENTLY BOTH AS A BOURCE AND AS A MARKET FÖR HONG KONG'A RE-EXPORTA.

THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THE STRONG GROWTH IN IMPORTS WAS

A REFLECTION PARTLY

OF THE BUOYANT DOMESTIC DEMAND, BUT AL90

GOOD REMAIN

IN THE SUGGESTED THAT EXPORT PERFORMANCE WAS LIKELY TO COMING MONTHS.

THE FOLLOWING TABLE PRESENTS THE PROVISIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FIGURES FOR JULY 1987.

THE CENSUS

TRADE FIGURES FOR JULY, 1987

AND

STATISTICS DEPARTMENT HAS

RELEASED THE

FOLLOWING PROVISIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FIGURES FOR JULY: -

MERCHANDISE:

DOMESTIC EXPORTS:

$18,948 MILLION

RE-EXPORTS

$16,298 MILLION

TOTAL EXPORTS

:

$35,246 MILLION

IMPORTS

$33,298 MILLION

TRADE BALANCE

$1.948 MILLION [IN SURPLUS ]

COMPARATIVE FIGURES

LATEST 3 MONTHS

MAY 87 TO JUL 87 HK$ MN.

MAY 86 TO

INCREASE

JUL 86 HK$ MN.

HK MN.

x

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

51,674

39,150

12,524

32.0

RE-EXPORTS

45,685

30,031

15,654

52.1

TOTAL EXPORTS

97,359

69,181

28,178

40.7

IMPORTS

96,597

69,345

27,252

39.3

TRADE BALANCE

762

-164

926

JULY

JULY

INCREASE

SAME MONTH LAST YEAR

1987

HK$ MN.

1986 HK$ MN.

HK MN.

*

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

{% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

18.948 (53.8%)

14.270 (57.5%)

4,678

32.8

/RE-EXPORTS