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AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORT PRICES OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED DURING THE 12 MONTHS ENDING JULY 1984, RANGING FROM 10 PER CENT FOR BOTH FUELS AND CAPITAL GOODS 18 PER CENT FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTUREST
MANY OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS DECLINED IN VOLUME TERMS, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD, CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS OTHER THAN RICE WHEAT AND FLOUR, ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES AS WELL AS MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS. HOWEVER, INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR SUGAR, MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS AND RICE.
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THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SOME MAJOR CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY, THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING CLOTHING, HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES, RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS, CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AND PASSENGER MOTOR CARS. HOWEVER, SIGNIFICANT DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR TOBACCO MANUFACTURES, MISCELLANEOUS MADE-UP ARTICLES OF TEXTILE MATERIALS, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND FOOTWEAR.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST OF THE RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI- MANUFACTURES ROSE, AMONG WHICH MAN-MADE FIBRES, YARN OF MAN-MADE FIBRES, SPECIAL TEXTILE FABRICS FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSE THERMIONIC CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS, PAPER AND PAPERBOARD, PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS, IRON AND STEEL, WOVEN COTTON FABRICS, WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR AS WELL AS LEATHER AND DRESSED FUR SKINS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY. HOWEVER, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES, COTTON YARN AND THREAD, RAW COTTON AS WELL AS CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY.
IMPORTS OF FUELS ROSE BY 69 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.
IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF NEARLY ALL COMMODITIES INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, THE MORE REMARKABLE ONES BEING OFFICE MACHINES, ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND TEXTILE MACHINERY. HOWEVER, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY, OTHER THAN TEXTILE AND ELECTRICAL TYPES DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY.
AS SHOWN IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF NEARLY ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN THE 12-MONTH PERIOD ENDING JULY 1984, RANGING FROM 15 PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS TO 185 PER CENT FOR FUELS. HOWEVER, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF FOODSTUFFS DROPPED BY 13 PER CENT.
FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE JULY 1984 ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS+, WHICH WILL BE ON SALE LATER THIS MONTH AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$2 PER COPY.
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