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IMPORTS OF FUELS ROSE BY SEVEN PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES DROPPED, AMONG WHICH THE PURCHASES OF YARN OF MAN-MADE FIBRES, WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR, AND MAN-MADE FIBRES DECREASES SUBSTANTIALLY. HOWEVER, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF IRON AND STEEL. FABRICS AND WOOL AND MIXTURES, AND COTTON YARN AND THREAD INCREASED.
AS FOR CAPITAL GOODS, MAJOR INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT AND OFFICE MACHINES. HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND TEXTILE MACHINERY SO THAT THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CAPITAL GOODS DECLINED BY SIX PER CENT.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN BELOW 1-
PERCENTAGE CHANGES COMPARING 1982 WITH 1981
RE-EXPORT
VALUE
RE-EXPORT
UNIT VALUE
RE-EXPORT
VOLUME
FOODSTUFFS
+26
+13
+12
CONSUMER GOODS
+ 5
+ 8
3
FUELS
+24
6
+17
RAW MATERIALS AND
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
CAPITAL GOODS
ALL COMMODITIES
INSIGNIFICANT
+10
+21
+15°
+ 6
+10
8
+6
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THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORT VOLUME VARIED AMONG THE FIVE END-USE CATEGORIES. RANGING FROM AN EIGHT PER CENT DECREASE FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES TO A 17 PER CENT INCREASE FOR FUELS.
FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE DECEMBER 1982 ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS+, AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $2 PER COPY.
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