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FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE APRIL 1984 ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS+, AVAILABLE LATER THIS MONTH AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$2 PEB COPY.
TABLE 1: CHANGES COMPARING APRIL 1984 WITH APRIL 1983
OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP
EXPORT
VALUE
EXPORT
UNIT VALUE
EXPORT VOLUME
COMMODITY GROUP
CLOTRING
+2+%
TEXTILE FABRICS
+44%
+23%
+17,
TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD
+50%
+17%
+28-
TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND
RELATED ARTICLES
+34%
+12%
+19
RADIOS OF ALL KINDS
+36%
+12%
+22
ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
+64€
+ 5%
+55%%%
FOOTWEAR
+65%
+17%
+421-
METAL MANUFACTURES
+41%
+22%
+16).
METAL ORES AND SCRAP
INSIGNIFICANT
+ 8%
5
WATCHES AND CLOCKS
+17%
+ 4%
+12
TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES
+25%
+20%
+ 47
DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES
+64%
ALL COMMODITIES
+37%
+13%
+16%
+45
+18%
TABLE 2: CHANGES COMPARING APRIL 1984 WITH APRIL 1983
OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY
END-USE CATEGORY
IMPORT
VALUE
IMPORT UNIT VALUE
LENT
VOLUME
FOODSTUFFS
+11%
+17%
CONSUMER GOODS
+19%
+14%
/RAW MATERIALS
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