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(b)(i) Analysis of Private Consumption Expenditure, 1972

(provisional estimates)

(HK$ million)

Locally

Expenditure on

Produced

Imported

Not Classified

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Total

Non-durables

2,108

5,938

94

8,140

Durables

140

1,004

1,144

Semi-durables

798

1,927

146

2,871

3,046 (A)

8,869 (B)

240

12,155

Services

5,879

350

6,229

Total

8,925

8,869

590

18,384 *

Private consumption expenditure, when adjusted for expenditure of residents abroad and expenditure of non-residents in the domestic market, amounted to HK$16,997 million.

(B) as % (A) + (B)

=

74.4%

Source:

Census & Statistics Department, Hong Kong

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