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MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1992

WHILE DOMESTIC EXPORTS SHOWED A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN DECEMBER, THEIR PERFORMANCE FOR THE YEAR AS A WHOLE WAS

WEAK. STILL THE RELATIVE SHIFT FROM DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO RE-EXPORTS THUS CONTINUED + AND THIS WAS RELATED TO A CONSIDERABLE EXTENT TO OUTWARD PROCESSING ACTIVITIES ACROSS THE BORDER.

THE SPOKESMAN ALSO NOTED THAT IMPORTS RETAINED FOR DOMESTIC USES RESUMED POSITIVE GROWTH IN DECEMBER, FOR 1991 AS A WHOLE, RETAINED IMPORTS ROSE SIGNIFICANTLY, BY 10.8% IN VALUE TERMS.

THE FOLLOWING TABLE PRESENTS THE PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR DECEMBER 1991:

MERCHANDISE:

DOMESTIC EXPORTS : RE-EXPORTS

TOTAL EXPORTS

IMPORTS

TRADE BALANCE

$22,299 MILLION

$52,487 MILLION

$74,786 MILLION

$76,974 MILLION

$2,188 MILLION LIN DEFICIT]

COMPARATIVE FIGURES

OCT 91 TO

OCT 90 TO

INCREASE

LATEST 3 MONTHS

DEC 91 HK$ MN.

DEC 90 HK$ MN.

HK$ MN.

%%

RE-EXPORTS

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

TOTAL EXPORTS

64,052

155,885

64,275

-223

-0.3

121,305

34,580

28.5

219,937

185,580

34,357

18.5

IMPORTS

TRADE BALANCE

216,971

186,662

30,309

16.2

2,966

-1,082

4,048

SAME MONTH LAST YEAR

DECEMBER 1991

HK$ MN.

DECEMBER 1990 HK$ MN.

INCREASE

HKS MN.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

22,299

20,212

2,087

10.3

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS}

(29.8%)

(35.5%)

RE-EXPORTS

52,487

36,761

15,726

42.8

TOTAL EXPORTS

74,786

56,973

17,813

31.3

IMPORTS

76,974

59,358

17,616

29.7

TRADE BALANCE

-2, 188

-2,385

197

LAST MONTH

DECEMBER 1991 HK$ MN.

NOVEMBER 1991 HKS MN.

INCREASE

HK$ MN.

%%%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

22,299

20,456

1,843

9.0

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(29.8%)

(28.1%)

RE-EXPORTS

52,487

52,300

187

0.4

TOTAL EXPORTS

74,786

72,756

2,030

2.8

IMPORTS

76,974

70,715

6,259

8.9

TRADE BALANCE

-2,188

2,041

-4,229

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