Table 1 : External Merchandise Trade Figures for July 2005

HK$ Million

Merchandise Trade Values for July 2005
Domestic Exports 11,801
Re-exports 186,635
Total Exports 198,436
Imports 201,647
Trade balance -3,210

     Change
Current month compared with same month in the preceding year July 2005 July 2004 Value %
  Domestic Exports 11,801 11,746 +55 +0.5
  (% of Total Exports) (5.9%) (6.4%)
  Re-exports 186,635 171,879 +14,756 +8.6
  Total Exports 198,436 183,626 +14,810 +8.1
  Imports 201,647 189,261 +12,385 +6.5
  Trade balance -3,210 -5,635 +2,425
 
Current month compared with last month July 2005 June 2005 Value %
  Domestic Exports 11,801 10,126 +1,675 +16.5
  (% of Total Exports) (5.9%) (5.3%)
  Re-exports 186,635 179,353 +7,282 +4.1
  Total Exports 198,436 189,479 +8,957 +4.7
  Imports 201,647 196,538 +5,109 +2.6
  Trade balance -3,210 -7,059 +3,848
 
Latest 3 months compared with same period 12 months earlier May -Jul 2005 May -Jul 2004 Value %
  Domestic Exports 31,790 32,727 -937 -2.9
  (% of Total Exports) (5.5%) (6.3%)
  Re-exports 549,206 484,183 +65,023 +13.4
  Total Exports 580,996 516,910 +64,086 +12.4
  Imports 599,774 540,983 +58,790 +10.9
  Trade balance -18,778 -24,073 +5,295
 
Calendar year-to-date compared with same period in the preceding year Jan-Jul 2005 Jan-Jul 2004 Value %
  Domestic Exports 63,873 67,483 -3,610 -5.3
  (% of Total Exports) (5.2%) (6.1%)
  Re-exports 1,168,495 1,042,277 +126,218 +12.1
  Total Exports 1,232,369 1,109,760 +122,609 +11.0
  Imports 1,286,447 1,183,425 +103,023 +8.7
  Trade balance -54,079 -73,665 +19,586
 
Last 12 months compared with same period 12 months earlier Aug 2004 to
Jul 2005
Aug 2003 to
Jul 2004
Value %
  Domestic Exports 122,372 122,437 -65 -0.1
  (% of Total Exports) (5.7%) (6.5%)
  Re-exports 2,019,351 1,770,364 +248,986 +14.1
  Total Exports 2,141,723 1,892,801 +248,922 +13.2
  Imports 2,214,146 1,994,483 +219,663 +11.0
  Trade balance -72,423 -101,682 +29,259
 


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 August 2005