SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1977
PRICE AND QUANTITY INDEXES OF HK EXTERNAL TRADE ******
THE PRICES AND VOLUMES OF HONG KONG'S DOMESTIC EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN 1977 ALL REGISTERED INCREASES COMPARED WITH 1976, ACCORDING TO TRADE FIGURES RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY.
THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN 1977 ROSE BY TWO PER CENT, AND VOLUME UP BY FIVE PER CENT WHILE THOSE FOR IMPORTS WERE UP BY FIVE PER CENT AND EIGHT PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. FOR RE-EXPORTS, THE INCREASES WERE EIGHT PER CENT IN PRICES AND TWO PER CENT IN VOLUME.
WITH PRICES OF IMPORTS RISING FASTER THAN EXPORTS, THE TRADE INDEX FELL FROM 100 IN 1976 TO 99 IN 1977.
THE PRICES ARE BASED ON UNIT VALUES AND CHANGES IN VOLUME OF TRADE ARE DERIVED FROM TRADE VALUES, LESS THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE PROVIDES THE UNIT VALUES AND QUANTUM INDEXES FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES IN 1976 AND 1977:
VALUE IN 1977
(HK MN)
{EASE YEAR 1973
=
100)
UNIT VALUE INDEX
QUANTUM INDEX
1977
CHANGE 1977/1976
1977
* CHANGE 1977/1976
ALL DOMESTIC
MERCHANDISE
35,004
132
+ 293
136
+ 59:
EXPORTS
CLOTHING
(EXCEPT FUR)
13,679
140
+ 1%
132
49
TRANSISTOR ISED
RADIOS OF
2,144
124
+ 5%
149
+ 99.
ALL KINDS
TEXTILE FABRICS
1,931
115
UNCHANGED
27
-180*
WATCHES AND
CLOCKS
1,694
146
+ 1%
396
+39%
ELECTRONIC
COMPONENTS
1,411
109
-13%
139
+4293
/RISTAL