| 1. | The total merchandise trade deficits are expected to widen in the medium - term
中期而言，整体商品贸易赤字将会扩大。 |
| 2. | The total merchandise trade deficit may widen moderately in the medium - term
中期而言，整体商品贸易赤字可能稍为扩大。 |
| 3. | Total merchandise trade deficits for 1998 shrank to hkd81 . 4 billion from hkd159 . 1 billion in 1997
1998年的整体商品贸易赤字从去年同期的1 , 591亿港元收窄至814亿港元。 |
| 4. | When this balance is negative , the result is a merchandise trade deficit ; a positive balance implies a merchandise trade surplus
当平衡为负数称之为贸易逆差（赤字） ，为正数意味着贸易顺差（盈余） 。 |
| 5. | As growth in imports outpaced that in exports , the merchandise trade deficit widened to $ 88 . 7 billion in 2000 , from $ 46 . 5 billion in 1999 (
由于进口增长超过出口，所以有形贸易赤字由1999年的465亿元，扩阔至2000年的887亿元（ |
| 6. | Total merchandise trade deficits for the first ten months of 1998 shrank to hkd73 . 9 billion from hkd137 . 5 billion recorded in the same period of 1997
1998年首10个月内，整体商品贸易赤字从去年同期的1 , 735亿港元收窄至739亿港元。 |
| 7. | The total merchandise trade deficit shrank to hkd12 . 9 billion in the first quarter of 1999 , down from hkd32 . 6 billion during the same period of last year
在1999年第1季内，整体商品贸易赤字从去年同期的3 , 260亿港元收窄至1 , 290亿港元。 |
| 8. | As the expansion in exports outpaced that of imports , the value of the merchandise trade deficit narrowed to $ 40 billion in 2002 , from $ 68 . 2 billion in 2001 (
由于出口增长超过进口，所以有形贸易赤字由2001年的682亿元，收窄至2002年的400亿元( |
