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IMPORTS OF FUELS ROSE INSIGNIFICANTLY IN VOLUME TERMS.
IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY OTHER THAN TEXTILE AND ELECTRICAL TYPES DECREASED MODERATELY. HOWEVER, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME OF TEXTILE AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY WERE RECORDED.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
AS SHOWN IN TABLE 3, RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF NEARLY ALL END- USE CATEGORIES (EXCEPT FUELS) INCREASED, FROM SEVEN PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS TO 34 PER CENT FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES.
FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE SEPTEMBER 1983 ISSUE
OF THE + HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS+, AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$2 ̊ PER COPY.
TABLE 1 CHANGES COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1983 WITH SEPTEMBER 1982
COMMODITY GROUP
EXPORT VALUE
EXPORT UNIT VALUE
EXPORT VOLUME
CLOTHING (EXCEPT FUR)
+ 315
+14%
+ 15%
TEXTILE FABRICS
+ 53%
+11%
+ 38%
TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD
+ 55%
+10%
+ 40%
TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND
RELATED ARTICLES
+ 54%
+18%
+ 30%
RADIOS OF ALL KINDS
2%
+ 7%
5%
ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
+ 78%
+11%
+ 60%
FOOTWEAR
+ 26%
+ 3%
+ 22%
METAL MANUFACTURES
+ 33%
+ 4%
+ 28%
METAL ORES AND SCRAP
+253%
+23%
+1885
WATCHES AND CLOCKS
INSIGNIFICANT
+16%
- 14%
TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND
SIMILAR ARTICLES
+ 19%
+14%
5%
DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES
ALL COMMODITIES
+ 67%
+11%
+ 50%
+ 34%
+14%
+ 17%
/TABLE 2