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TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1993

REFLECTING THE STRUCTURAL SHIFT FROM DOMESTIC EXPORTS то RE- EXPORTS, THE SHARE OF RE-EXPORTS IN THE VALUE OF TOTAL EXPORTS FURTHER ROSE TO 78% IN THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF 1993 TAKEN TOGETHER, COMPARED WITH 74% A YEAR EARLIER.

IN THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF 1993, THE VALUE OF RETAINED IMPORTS WAS 6.8% HIGHER THAN A YEAR EARLIER, REFLECTING A SUSTAINED GROWTH IN DOMESTIC DEMAND.

A MORE DETAILED ANALYSIS OF HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE IN 1993, BY COMMODITY AND COUNTRY, WILL BE RELEASED IN MID-JULY.

MAY

THE TABLE BELOW PRESENTS THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES TRADE IN MAY 1993:

OF

EXTERNAL

MERCHANDISE: DOMESTIC EXPORTS

$18,149 MILLION

IMPORTS

RE-EXPORTS

TOTAL EXPORTS

TRADE BALANCE

$66,935 MILLION

$85,084 MILLION

$90,724 MILLION -$5,640 MILLION

COMPARATIVE FIGURES

MAR 93 TO

MAR 92 TO

CHANGE

LATEST 3 MONTHS

MAY 93 HK$ MN

MAY 92 HK$ MN

HK$ MN

%%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

53,307

54,175

-869

-1.6

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(21.2%)

(25.1%)

RE-EXPORTS

198,019

161,729

+36,290

+22.4

TOTAL EXPORTS

251,325

215,904

IMPORTS

271,233

233,942

+35,421 +16.4 +37,291 +15.9

TRADE BALANCE

-19,908

-18,038

-1,870

MAY

SAME MONTH LAST YEAR

1993

MAY 1992

CHANGE

HK$ MN

HK$ MN

HK$ MN

*

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

18,149

19,406

-1,257

-6.5

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS}

(21.3%)

(25.3%)

RE-EXPORTS

66,935

57,176

+9,759

+17.1

TOTAL EXPORTS

85,084

76,582

+8,502

+11.1

IMPORTS

90,724

81,518

+9,206

+11.3

TRADE BALANCE

-5,640

-4,936

-704

LAST MONTH

MAY 1993

APRIL

CHANGE

1993

HK$ MN

HK$ MN

HK$ MN

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

18,149

17,814

+335

+1.9

{% OF TOTAL EXPORTS )

(21.3%)

(20.9%)

RE-EXPORTS

66,935

67,615

-680

-1.0

TOTAL EXPORTS

85,084

85,429

-345

-0.

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IMPORTS

90,724

93,654

-2,930

-3.1

TRADE BALANCE

-5,640

-8,224

+2,584

/CALENDAR YEAR