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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1992

IN VIEW OF THE VOLATILITY IN THE JANUARY FIGURES, IT IS TO MAKE COMPARISONS OVER A LONGER PERIOD.

USEFUL

$534,829

THE 12 MONTHS ENDING JANUARY THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS IN AMOUNTED TO $760,863 MILLION, MADE UP OF RE-EXPORTS OF MILLION AND DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF $226,034 MILLION.

1992

COMPARED WITH

PRECEDING

12

MONTHS, THE EXPORTS ROSE BY $109,770 MILLION OR 25.8% WHILE EXPORTS DECREASED BY $2,380 MILLION OR 1%.

THE

OF RE- VALUE THAT OF DOMESTIC

MILLION

ΤΟ

THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS THUS INCREASED BY $107,390 OR 16.4%. THE VALUE OF IMPORTS ROSE BY $112,130 MILLION OR 16.9% $774,230 MILLION.

IMPORTS,

WAS

A VISIBLE TRADE DEFICIT OF $13,367 MILLION, EQUIVALENT TO OF THE VALUE OF

RECORDED

IN

THE

12

MONTHS

1.7% ENDING

JANUARY 1992.

THE DEFICIT

RECORDED

IN

THE

PRECEDING

12

MONTHS

ENDING

JANUARY 1991 WAS $8,627 MILLION, EQUIVALENT TO 1.3% OF THE IMPORTS.

VALUE OF

THE FOLLOWING TABLE PRESENTS THE PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES JANUARY 1992:

FOR

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT HAS RELEASED THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE FIGURES FOR JANUARY:-

MERCHANDISE: DOMESTIC EXPORTS :

RE-EXPORTS TOTAL EXPORTS

IMPORTS

TRADE BALANCE

$14.165 MILLION

$39,009 MILLION

$53,174 MILLION

$55,909 MILLION $2,735 MILLION

(IN DEFICIT)

COMPARATIVE FIGURES

LATEST 3 MONTHS

NOV 91 TO JAN 92 HK$ MN.

NOV 90 TO

JAN 91 HKS MN.

INCREASE

HK$ MN.

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

RE-EXPORTS

TOTAL EXPORTS

56,921

61.266

-4,345

-7.1

143,795

118,487

25,308

21.4

200,716

179,753

20,963

11.7

IMPORTS

TRADE BALANCE

203,598

184,115

19,483

10.6

-2,882

-4,362

1,480

SAME MONTH LAST YEAR

JANUARY 1992

JANUARY

INCREASE

HK$ MN.

1991 HKS MN.

HK$ MN.

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

14,165

19.176

-5,011

-26.1

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(26.6%)

(33.0%)

RE-EXPORTS

39,009

39,021

-12

0.

0

TOTAL EXPORTS

53,174

58,197

-5,023

-8.6

IMPORTS

55,909

60,661

-4,752

-7.8

TRADE BALANCE

-2,735

-2,464

-271

/LAST MONTH