THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1982
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MOST OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS ROSE IN VOLUME TERMS, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD, MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS AND FRUIT. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF WHEAT AND FLOUR, TEA AND COFFEE AND SUGÁR DECLINED.
IN THE CONSUMER GOODS CATEGORY, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND CLOTHING. THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS, TOBACCO MANUFACTURES AND PASSENGER MOTOR CARS FELL CONSIDERABLY.
IMPORTS OF FUELS ROSE BY 104 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED, AMONG WHICH BASE METALS AND WOVEN COTTON FABRICS ROSE SUBSTANTIALLY. THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS AND MAN-MADE FABRICS DECLINED.
AS FOR CAPITAL GOODS, MAJOR INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT AND OFFICE MACHINES, WHEREAS SUBSTANTIAL DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AS WELL AS SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN BELOW #-
CHANGES COMPARING FEBRUARY 1982 WITH FEBRUARY 1981
(ALL FIGURES IN PERCENTAGES)
RE-EXPORT
VALUE
RE-EXPORT UNIT VALUE
RE-EXPORT
VOLUME
FOODSTUFFS
+ 35
+ 16
+16
CONSUMER GOODS
+ 15
+ 10
4
FUELS
+764
+ 16
+647
RAW MATERIALS AND
+ 30
+ 14
+ 14
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
CAPITAL GOODS
+ 23
+ 25
ALL COMMODITIES
+ 25
+ 14
2
+ 10
THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORT VOLUME VARIED AMONG THE FIVE END-USE CATEGORIES, RANGING FROM A TWO PER CENT DECREASE FOR CAPITAL GOODS TO A 647 PER CENT INCREASE FOR FUELS.
FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE FEBRUARY 1982 ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS+, WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$2 PER COPY.
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