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THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MAJOR CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY, THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS, CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY PASSENGER MOTOR CARS, TOBACCO MANUFACTURES, CLOTHING AS WELL AS HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR WATCHES, 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 THEM WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR; RAW COTTON; THERMIONIC CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, DIODES TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS: FABRICS OF WOOL AND MIXTURES: FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FIBRES; MAN-MADE FIBRES AS WELL AS CLAY, AND REFRACTORY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND BUILDING MATERIALS, EXCEPT GLASS, INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY, HOWEVER, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF IRON AND STEEL, SILK FABRIC, COTTON YARN AND THREAD, BASE METALS EXCLUDING IRON AND STEEL, CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS, YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES AS WELL AS LEATHER AND DRESSED FUR SKINS DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY.
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IMPORTS OF FUELS DROPPED BY 35 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.
IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF NEARLY ALL COMMODITIES INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING OFFICE MACHINES, CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT. HOWEVER, A DECREASE IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF TEXTILE MACHINERY WAS RECORDED.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
AS DEPICTED IN THIS TABLE, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST OF THE END-USE CATEGORIES EXPANDED SUBSTANTIALLY, WITH INCREASES RANGING FROM 21 PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS TO 48 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS. HOWEVER, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF FUELS AND FOODSTUFFS DROPPED BY 47 PER CENT AND 12 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE OCTOBER 1984 ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS+, AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE FROM JANUARY 12 AT HK$2 PER COPY.
TABLE 1 CHANGES COMPARING OCTOBER 1984 WITH OCTOBER 1983
OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP
COMMODITY GROUP
CLOTHING
EXPORT VALUE
EXPORT UNIT VALUE
EXPORT VOLUME
+24%
+18%
+ 6%
/TEXTILE FABRICS
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