Table 1 : External Merchandise Trade Figures for September 2004

HK$ Million

Merchandise Trade Values for September 2004
Domestic Exports 11,550
Re-exports 168,113
Total Exports 179,664
Imports 186,159
Trade balance -6,495

     Change
Current month compared with same month in the preceding year September 2004 September 2003 Value %
  Domestic Exports 11,550 11,083 +468 +4.2
  (% of Total Exports) (6.4%) (7.0%)
  Re-exports 168,113 146,435 +21,679 +14.8
  Total Exports 179,664 157,518 +22,146 +14.1
  Imports 186,159 162,164 +23,995 +14.8
  Trade balance -6,495 -4,646 -1,849
 
Current month compared with last month September 2004 August 2004 Value %
  Domestic Exports 11,550 12,092 -541 -4.5
  (% of Total Exports) (6.4%) (6.6%)
  Re-exports 168,113 170,653 -2,540 -1.5
  Total Exports 179,664 182,745 -3,081 -1.7
  Imports 186,159 185,960 +199 +0.1
  Trade balance -6,495 -3,215 -3,280
 
Latest 3 months compared with same period 12 months earlier Jul-Sep 2004 Jul-Sep 2003 Value %
  Domestic Exports 35,355 35,081 +275 +0.8
  (% of Total Exports) (6.5%) (7.5%)
  Re-exports 510,257 430,582 +79,675 +18.5
  Total Exports 545,613 465,662 +79,950 +17.2
  Imports 560,202 473,123 +87,079 +18.4
  Trade balance -14,590 -7,461 -7,129
 
Calendar year-to-date compared with same period in the preceding year Jan-Sep 2004 Jan-Sep 2003 Value %
  Domestic Exports 91,105 89,585 +1,519 +1.7
  (% of Total Exports) (6.2%) (7.1%)
  Re-exports 1,380,766 1,178,065 +202,701 +17.2
  Total Exports 1,471,871 1,267,650 +204,221 +16.1
  Imports 1,554,693 1,308,525 +246,169 +18.8
  Trade balance -82,823 -40,875 -41,948
 
Last 12 months compared with same period 12 months earlier Oct 2003 to
Sep 2004
Oct 2002 to
Sep 2003
Value %
  Domestic Exports 123,207 122,228 +979 +0.8
  (% of Total Exports) (6.3%) (7.2%)
  Re-exports 1,823,450 1,571,810 +251,641 +16.0
  Total Exports 1,946,657 1,694,037 +252,620 +14.9
  Imports 2,051,939 1,745,589 +306,350 +17.5
  Trade balance -105,282 -51,552 -53,730
 


Note :
 
Value of domestic exports and value of re-exports may not add up to the value of total exports due to rounding.

Last updated : 26 October 2004