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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1988

LAST MONTH

OCTOBER

1988

SEPT 1988

INCREASE

HK$ MN.

HK$ MN.

HK$ MN.

*

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

20,066

19,951

115

0.6

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(43.0%)

(43.2%)

RE-EXPORTS

26,628

26,223

406

1.5

TOTAL EXPORTS

46,694

46,174

520

1.1

IMPORTS

45,788

44,691

1,097

2.5

TRADE BALANCE

906

1,483

-577

JAN-OCT

CALENDAR YEAR TO-DATE

1988

JAN-OCT

1987

INCREASE

HK$ MN.

HK$ MN.

HK$ MN.

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

176,439

159,327

17,112 10.7

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(44.6%)

(52.2%)

RE-EXPORTS

219,576

146,158

73,418 50.2

TOTAL EXPORTS

396,015

305,485

90,530 29.6

IMPORTS

400,391

304,860

95,531

31.3

TRADE BALANCE

-4,376

625

-5,001

NOV 87

LAST 12 MONTHS

ΤΟ OCT 88

HKS MN.

NOV 86 ΤΟ OCT 87 HK$ MN.

INCREASE

HK$ MN.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

212,366

189,565

22,801

12.0

RE-EXPORTS

256,198

171,060

85,138

49.

8

TOTAL EXPORTS

468,564

360,625

107,939 79.9

IMPORTS

473,478

358,374

115,104 32.1

TRADE BALANCE

-4,914

2,251

-7.165

+

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