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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1983
TABLE 3 : CHANGES COMPARING AUGUST 1983 WITH AUGUST 1982
END-USE CATEGORY
RE-EXPORT VALUE
RE-EXPORT UNIT VALUE
RE-EXPORT
VOLUME
FOODSTUFFS
· + 36%
+ 11%
+ 23%
CONSUMER GOODS
+ 28%
+ 11%
+ 16%
RAW MATERIALS AND
+ 43%
+ 10%
+ 30%
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
FUELS
+ 98%
+ 17%
+ 69%
CAPITAL GOODS
+ 27%
+ 10%
+ 16%
ALL COMMODITIES
+ 34%
+ 10%
+ 22%
HONG KONG-AUSTRIA TEXTILE TALKS TO BEGIN TOMORROW
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CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND AUSTRIA ON THE FUTURE OF THE CURRENT TEXTILE AGREEMENT WILL BEGIN IN HONG KONG TOMORROW (NOVEMBER 7).
THE HONG KONG DELEGATION WILL BE LED BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF TRADE, MR JOHN CHAN, AND THE AUSTRIAN SIDE BY THE DIRECTOR, FEDERAL MINISTRY OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, DR GERHARD WAAS,
THE CURRENT HONG KONG-AUSTRIA TEXTILE AGREEMENT IS DUE TO EXPIRE ON JANUARY 31, 1984.
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FARMING PRODUCTIVITY ON THE RISE
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AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN HONG KONG HAS INCREASED STEADILY OVER THE LAST DECADE, WITH THE USE OF MORE SCIENTIFIC FARMING METHODS.
THE GROWTH, AT AN ANNUAL RATE OF 1.7 PER CENT IN REAL TERMS, HAS BEEN ACHIEVED DESPITE THE DRASTIC LOSS OF AGRICULTURAL LAND AND MANPOWER TO OTHER SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY.
POPULATION CENSUSES SHOW THAT THE NUMBER OF FARMERS DECLINED FROM OVER 34 000 IN 1971 TO LESS THAN 25 000 IN 1981, WHILE CULTIVATED LAND SHRANK BY HALF FROM 10 390 TO 5 590 HECTARES.
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