TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1982
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MOST OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED IN VOLUME TERMS, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING SOYA BEAN OIL. PEANUT OIL AND LARD, MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS AS WELL AS FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FRUIT DROPPED.
IN THE CONSUMER GOODS CATEGORY. SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR TOBACCO MANUFACTURES, PASSENGER MOTOR CARS, FOOTWEAR AND CLOTHING. THE IMPORT VOLUMES OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS AS WELL AS TEXTILE MADE-UPS DECLINED CONSIDERABLY.
IMPORTS OF FUELS DROPPED BY 24 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES DECLINED, AMONG WHICH DYEING, TANNING AND COLOURING MATERIALS: WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK MAN-MADE FIBRES: WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR AS WELL AS YARN OF MAN-MADE FIBRES DROPPED SUBSTANTIALLY. THE IMPORT VOLUMES OF RAW COTTON AND PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS ROSE CONSIDERABLY.
MOST OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED CAPITAL GOODS DECLINED IN VOLUME TERMS, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEXTILE MACHINERY AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUMES OF TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT AND OFFICE MACHINES.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN BELOW:-
FOODSTUFFS
CONSUMER GOODS FUELS
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
RAW MATERIALS AND
CAPITAL GOODS
ALL COMMODITIES
PERCENTAGE CHANGES COMPARING JULY 1982 WITH JULY 1981
RE-EXPORT VALUE
+32
+ 2
+55
INSIGNIFICANT +25 + 6
RE-EXPORT UNIT VALUE
RE-EXPORT
VOLUME
+18
+12
+10
+4
- 8 +48
+10
+12
+11
+11
THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORT VOLUME VARIED, RANGING FROM AN EIGHT PER CENT DECREASE FOR CONSUMER GOODS AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES TO A 48 PER CENT INCREASE FOR FUELS.
FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE JULY 1982 ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS+, WHICH WILL SOON BE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$2 PER COPY.
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