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THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1992

THE FOLLOWING TABLE PRESENTS THE PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR JULY 1992:

MERCHANDISE: DOMESTIC EXPORTS :

$21,380 MILLION

RE-EXPORTS

TOTAL EXPORTS

IMPORTS

TRADE BALANCE

$60,782 MILLION $82,162 MILLION $84,966 MILLION $2,804 MILLION

(IN DEFICIT)

COMPARATIVE FIGURES

MAY 92 TO

LATEST 3 MONTHS

JUL 92

HK$ MN

MAY 91 TO

JUL 91 HK$ MN

INCREASE

HK$ MN

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

RE-EXPORTS

TOTAL EXPORTS

61,897

59,420

2,477

4.2

177,072

135,747

41,325

30.4

238,969

195,167

43,802

22.4

IMPORTS

TRADE BALANCE

251,105

199,812

51,293

25.7

-12,136

-4,645

-7,491

JULY

JULY

INCREASE

SAME MONTH LAST YEAR

1992

1991

HK$ MN

HK$ MN

HK$ MN

%%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

21,380

21,178

202

1.0

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(26.0%)

(30.4%)

RE-EXPORTS

60,782

48,507

12,275

25.3

TOTAL EXPORTS

82,162

69,685

12,477

17.9

IMPORTS

84,966

69,082

15,884

23.0

TRADE BALANCE

-2,804

603

-3,407

JULY

JUNE

INCREASE

LAST MONTH

1992

1992

HK$ MN

HK$ MN

HK$ MN

%%%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

21,380

21,111

269

1.3

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(26.0%)

(26.3%)

RE-EXPORTS

60,782

59,114

1,668

2.8

TOTAL EXPORTS

82,162

80,225

1.937

2.4

IMPORTS

84,966

84,621

345

0.4

TRADE BALANCE

-2,804

-4,396

1,592

JAN-JUL

CALENDAR YEAR TO-DATE

1992

HK$ MN

JAN-JUL 1991 HK$ MN

INCREASE

HK$ MN

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

128,321

126, 103

2,218

1.8

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(25.7%)

(30.9%)

RE-EXPORTS

370,014

281.620

88,394

31.4

TOTAL EXPORTS

498,335

407,723

90,612

22.2

IMPORTS

527,612

428,303

99,309

23.2

TRADE BALANCE

-29,277

-20,580

-8,697

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