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WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FOODSTUFFS AND CAPITAL GOODS, THE PRICES OF WHICH JUMPED BY 22 PER CENT, THE PRICES OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY INCREASED MODERATELY, RANGING FROM 9 PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS TO 17 PER CENT FOR FUELS.
ONLY SOME MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS ROSE IN VOLUME TERMS, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF TEA AND COFFEE AS WELL AS FISH AND FISH PREPARATION DECLINED.
IN THE CONSUMER GOODS CATEGORY, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. THE IMPORT VOLUME OF PASSENGER MOTOR CARS AND HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES DECLINED.
IMPORTS OF FUELS ROSE BY 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES DECREASED. WHEREAS PURCHASES OF DYEING, TANNING AND COLOURING MATERIALS, CHEMICAL ELEMENTS AND COMPOUNDS, AS WELL AS PAPER AND PAPERBOARD ROSE SUBSTANTIALLY, DEMAND FOR YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES, CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS, AND RAW COTTON FELL.
AS FOR CAPITAL GOODS. MAJOR INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR OFFICE MACHINES.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN BELOW:-
CHANGES COMPARING NOVEMBER 1981 WITH NOVEMBER 1980
RE-EXPORT
RE-EXPORT
RE-EXPORT
VALUE
UNIT VALUE
VOLUME
FOODSTUFFS
+73%
+27%
+36%
CONSUMER GOODS
+25%
2%
+27%
FUELS
+94%
+27%
+52%
RAW MATERIALS AND
SEMI-MANUFACTURES+36%
+12%
+21%
CAPITAL GOODS
+49%
+22%
+22%
ALL COMMODITIES
+35%
+ 8%
+25%
THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES SHOWED SIGNIFICANT INCREASES, RANGING FROM 21 PER CENT FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES TO 52 PER CENT FOR FUELS.
FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE NOVEMBER 1981 ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS+, AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$2' PER COPY.
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