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the retail level
(30)
implying that the mark-ups by
distributors in Hong Kong have increased significantly or
that there has been some under-invoicing of goods from China to evade exchange controls. Nevertheless, although the retail prices of goods from China increased at
slightly faster rate than those of other consumer goods,
the rate of increase was still well below the inflation
rate in China.
(30)
Year-on-year rate of increase in
Consumer price index
for Chinese goods
CPI (A)
*
(음)
( 8 )
Jan
3.7
6.3
Feb
8.0
6.9
Mar
7.8
7.1
Apr
7.3
7.4
May
8.4
7.1
Jun
6.2
6.5
Jul
13.4
8.0
Aug
10.4
7.7
Sept
9.9
8.8
Oct
8.2
7.6
Consumer Price Index (A) this covers about 50% of all urban households. Their monthly expenditure range was between HK$2,000 and HK$6,499 in 1984/85.
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