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MONDAY, MAY 16, 1983
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORT VOLUME VARIED AMONG THE FIVE END-USE CATEGORIES, RANGING FROM A 44 PER CENT DECREASE FOR FUELS TO A 9 PER CENT INCREASE FOR CONSUMER GOODS.
FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE FEBRUARY 1983 ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS+, AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HKSZ PER COPY.
TABLE 1 CHANGES COMPARING FEBRUARY 1983 WITH FEBRUARY 1982
EXPORT VOLUME
COMMODITY GROUP
EXPORT VALUE
EXPORT UNIT VALUE
CLOTHING (EXCEPT FUR)
+ 34%
8%
+ 24%
TEXTILE FABRICS
TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD
+ 26%
INSIGNIFICANT
+ 496
+ 21%
2%
+ 1%
TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND
RELATED ARTICLES
+ 23%
+ 79%
+ 15%
RADIOS OF ALL KINDS
10%
-10%
+
1%
ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
+ 30%
+20%
9%
FOOTWEAR
11%
1%
—
METAL MANUFACTURES
+ 16%
+ 5%
10%
+ 10%
METAL ORES AND SCRAP
+171%
+11%
+144%
WATCHES AND CLOCKS
+
7%
-16%
+ 26%
TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND
SIMILAR ARTICLES
+ 30%
+ 6%
+ 22%
DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES
ALL COMMODITIES
5%
314
2%
+ 19%
+ 15%
TABLE 2:
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