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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1989

MERCHANDISE:

COMPARATIVE FIGURES

DOMESTIC EXPORTS : $21.226 MILLION

RE-EXPORTS

TOTAL EXPORTS

IMPORTS

TRADE BALANCE

931,828 MILLION

$53,054 MILLION

$47.969 MILLION $5.085 MILLION

IN SURPLUS ]

JUN 89 TO

LATEST 3 MONTHS

AUG 89 HKS MN.

JUN 88 TO

AUG 88 HKS MN.

INCREASE

HKS MN.

%%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

61.286

58,924

2.362

4.0

RE-EXPORTS

93.145

71.768

21.377

29.8

TOTAL EXPORTS

154.431

130.692

23.739

18.2

IMPORTS

146.746

131,406

15.340

11.7

TRADE BALANCE

7.685

-714

8.399

AUGUST

AUGUST

INCREASE

SAME MONTH LAST YEAR

1989

HK$ MN.

1988 HK$ MN.

HKS MN,

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

21.226

20,669

557

2.7

1% OF TOTAL EXPORTS |

(40.0%)

(44.8%)

RE-EXPORTS

31.828

25.429

6.399

25.2

TOTAL EXPORTS

53.054

46.098

6.956

15.1

IMPORTS

17.969

43.827

4.142

9.5

TRADE BALANCE

5.085

2.

271

2

.814

AUGUST

LAST MONTH

1989

HK$ MN.

JULY 1989 HKS MN.

INCREASE

HK$ MN.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

21.226

21.104

122

0.6

% OF TOTAL EXPORTS}

(10.0%)

140.

2%1

RE-EXPORTS

31.828

31.431

397

1.3

TOTAL EXPORTS

53.054

52,535

519

1.0

IMPORTS

47,969

48.723

-754

-1.5

TRADE BALANCE

5.085

3,812

1.273

JAN-AUG

CALENDAR YEAR TO-DATE

1989

HK$ MN.

JAN-AUG

1988 HKS MN.

INCREASE

HKS MN.

%%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

144.388

136.422

7,966

5.8

1% OF TOTAL EXPORTS}

(39.2%)

(45.0%)

RE-EXPORTS

224.355

166,725

57.630

34.6

TOTAL EXPORTS

368.743

303,147

65.596

21.6

IMPORTS

373.316

309.912

63.404

20.5

TRADE BALANCE

-4.573

-6.765

2.192

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