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TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1992

RE-EXPORTS REMAINED A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT ROBUST IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, EVEN THOUGH DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RELATIVELY STATIC.

THERE WAS A SUBSTANTIAL PICK-UP IN BOTH EXPORT AND IMPORT TRADE IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH, AFTER THE TEMPORARY DECLINE IN JANUARY.

EXPORTS, THE

OF

THAN DOMESTIC FASTER CONTINUED AS RE-EXPORTS

68% IN THEIR SHARE IN THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS ROSE FROM

OF 1992. FIRST QUARTER 1991 TO 74% IN THE FIRST QUARTER

то INCREASE

IMPORTS RETAINED FOR LOCAL USE INCREASED FURTHER, BY VALUE TERMS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992 OVER A YEAR EARLIER.

6.8% IN

THE FOLLOWING TABLE PRESENTS THE PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES MARCH 1992:

FOR

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

MERCHANDISE: DOMESTIC EXPORTS :

RE-EXPORTS

TOTAL EXPORTS

IMPORTS

TRADE BALANCE

$17,052 MILLION

$51,222 MILLION

$68,274 MILLION

$73,873 MILLION $5,599 MILLION

(IN DEFICIT)

COMPARATIVE FIGURES

LATEST 3 MONTHS

JAN 92 TO

HK$ MN.

MAR 92

JAN 91 TO

MAR 91 HK$ MN.

INCREASE

HK$ MN.

%%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

48,707

48,500

207

0.4

{% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(25.9%)

(31.7%)

RE-EXPORTS

139,611

104,360

35,251

33.8

TOTAL EXPORTS

188,318

152,860

35,458

23.2

IMPORTS

197,956

162,675

35,281

21.7

TRADE BALANCE

-9,638

-9,815

177

MARCH

MARCH

INCREASE

SAME MONTH LAST YEAR

1992

HK$ MN.

1991 HK$ MN.

HK$ MN.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

17,052

14,978

2,074

13.8

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(25.0%)

(30.7%)

RE-EXPORTS

51,222

33,878

17,344

51.2

TOTAL EXPORTS

68,274

48,856

19,418

39.7

IMPORTS

73,873

57,006

16,867

29.6

TRADE BALANCE

-5,599

-8, 150

2,551

/LAST MONTH