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Total Exports

Isports

Trade balance

COMPARATIVE FIGURES

Latest 3 months

PROVISIONAL FIGURES OF EXTERNAL TRADE FOR MAY 1994

MERCHANDISE: Domestic Exports i

Re-exports

$17,705 million

$75,909 million

193,615 million

$104,297 million

-$10,683 million

Mar 94 to

Mar 93 to

Change

May 94

May 93

HKS Mn.

HKS Mn.

HK$ Mn.

Domestic Exports

50,249

53,307

-3,058

-5.7

(of Total Exports)

(18.5%)

(21.2%)

Re-exports

221,850

198,019

+23,832

+12.0

Total Exports

272.099

251,325

+20,774

+8.3

•

Imports

302,436

271,233

Trade balance

-30,337

-19.908

+31,203 -11.5 -10.429

May

May

Chance

Sane month last year

1994

1993

RKS Mn.

HKS HA.

HKS Mn.

Domestic Exports

17,705

18.149

-444

2.4

ix of Total Exports

(18.9%)

(21.3%)

Re-exports

75,903

66,935

+8,973

+13.

Total Exports

93,615

85,08+

+8,531

+10.0

Imports

104.297

90,524

-13,573

+15.0

Trade balance

-10,683

-3,640

-3.042

May

April

Change

Last month

1994

ARS YO.

139+ HK$ Mn

HK3 Mn.

Domestic Exports

17,705

16.

623

-1.082

+6.5

of Total Exports)

[18.331

(18.271

Re-exports

75,909

74,821

1,the

-1.3

Total Exports

95.613

21.444

-2.171

Teports

104,297

101,903

39%

+2.

Trade balance

-10,583

-10,461

-171

Jan-May

Calendar year co-date

1994

HKS Mn.

Jan-Max 1996 HKS Mn.

Change

HK$ Mn.

Domestic Exports

79,063

84.

673

-3.609

-6.C

% of Total Exports!

*(18.3z1

(21.3%)

Re-exporta

347.986

308, 748

+39,239

-13,7

Total Exports

427,050

393.421

+33,629

+8.5

Imports

462.118

417,432

Trade balance

-35,068

-24,011

44,686 +10.7 -11.057

Jun 93 to

Jun 3 to

Last 12 months

May 94

May 93 HKS Mr.

Chance

HKS Mn.

HKS Mn.

I

I

Domestic Exports

217,417

232,966

-15,549

-6.7

(X of Total Exports)

(20.1%)

(23.7%)

Re-exports

862,462

749,459

Total Exports

1,079,879

982,425

Imports

1,117,284

1,014,701

+113,003 +97,45+ +102,582

+15.1 +9.9 +10.1

Trade balance

-37,404

-32,276

-5.128

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