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由于外围经济不景、需求放缓,令香港出口货运总值下跌,根据贸易发展局统计,2001年首十个月香港总出口下跌5%,第四季较去年同期更剧降10%,显示美国“9.11”事件进一步加速全球出口市场萎缩。以区域市场划分,香港2001年首季出口美国的货运总值已下跌1%,第三季跌幅更达12%。欧盟市场表现亦乏善足陈,由首季下降3%到第三季下降14%。其他亚洲市场(不包括内地和日本)首季下降3%,第三季下降达16%。只有日本和内地市场表现较平稳。香港2001年首10个月出口内地的总值仍然上升2%;出口日本同期上升3%,惟日本市场亦于第三季逆转
Due to the peripheral economic downturn and the slowdown in demand, the total value of Hong Kong’s export cargoes declined. According to the statistics of the Trade Development Council, the total exports of Hong Kong decreased by 5% in the first ten months of 2001 and by 10% in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, The U.S. “9.11” incident further accelerated the shrinking global export market. In terms of regional markets, the total value of Hong Kong’s exports to the United States in the first quarter of 2001 has dropped by 1% and in the third quarter by as much as 12%. The performance of the EU market is also lackluster, down 3% from the first quarter to 14% in the third quarter. Other Asian markets (excluding the Mainland and Japan) dropped 3% in the first quarter and 16% in the third quarter. Only Japan and the mainland market performed more smoothly. Hong Kong’s total value of exports to the Mainland in the first 10 months of 2001 still rose by 2%; exports to Japan surged 3% over the same period, but the Japanese market also reversed in the third quarter