THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1984
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BIG INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN MAN-MADE FIBRES, YARN OF MAN-MADE FIBRES, THERMIONIC CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS, SILK FABRICS, LEATHER AND DRESSED FUR SKINS, SPECIAL TEXTILE FÁBRIC FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSE, COTTON YARN AND THREAD, IRON AND STEEL, RAW COTTON, PAPER AND PAPER BOARD, WOVEN COTTON FABRICS, WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR, WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK, AS WELL AS CHEMICAL ELEMENTS AND COMPOUNDS.
HOWEVER, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CLAY AND REFRACTORY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, AND BUILDING MATERIALS, EXCEPT GLASS, DROPPED SLIGHTLY.
IMPORTS OF FUELS DROPPED BY ONE PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.
IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF ALL COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, THE MORE REMARKABLE ONES BEING OFFICE MACHINES AND INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY.
AS SHOWN IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED. RANGING FROM THREE PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS TO 49 PER CENT FOR BOTH CAPITAL GOODS AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI- MANUFACTURES.
FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE JUNE ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS+ WHICH WILL BE ON SALE LATER THIS MONTH AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$2 EACH.
FOLLOWING ARE THE RELEVANT TABLES:
TABLE 1: CHANGES COMPARING JAN.-JUN. 1984 WITH JAN.-JUN. 1983
OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP
COMMODITY GROUP
EXPORT VALUE
EXPORT UNIT VALUE
EXPORT VOLUME
CLOTHING
+47%
+22%
+20%
TEXTILE FABRICS
+47%
+20%
+22%
TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD
+50%
+17%
+28%
TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND
+32%
+14%
+16%
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RADIOS OF ALL KINDS
+43%
+14%
+26*
ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
+84%
+ 6%
+749
FOOTWEAR
+58%
+18%
+34%
METAL MANUFACTURES
+40%
+16%
+23
/METAL ORES