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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1983
IMPORTS OF FUELS DROPPED BY 10 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.
MANY OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED CAPITAL GOODS DECLINED IN VOLUME TERMS THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEXTILE MACHINERY AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF OFFICE MACHINERY AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY INCREASED MODERATELY.
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, RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF NEARLY ALL END-USE CATEGORIES (EXCEPT FUELS) INCREASED, RANGING FROM A 1 PER CENT FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES TO A 12 PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS.
FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE JUNE 1983 ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS+, WHICH WILL SHORTLY BE AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$2 PER COPY.
TABLE 1: CHANGES COMPARING JAN.-JUNE 1983 WITH JAN.-JUNE 1982
EXPORT EXPORT UNIT VALUE VOLUME
EXPORT
COMMODITY GROUP
VALUE
CLOTHING (EXCEPT FUR)
+10%
+ 6%
+ 3%
TEXTILE FABRICS
+26%
+ 5%
+20%
TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD
+30%
19%
+31%
TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND
+17%
+14%
+ 3%
RELATED ARTICLES
RADIOS OF ALL KINDS
9%
3%
7%
ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
+59%
+33%
+19%
FOOTWEAR
METAL MANUFACTURES
-15%
+ 3%
-17%
+ 9%
+ 4%
+ 5%
METAL ORES AND SCRAP
+205%
+21%
+152%
WATCHES AND CLOCKS
+18%
-10%
+31%
TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND
3%
+ 9%
-11%
SIMILAR ARTICLES
DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES
ALL COMMODITIES
+10%
INSIGNIFI-
+10%
CANT
+14%
+ 5%
+ 9%
/TABLE 2: