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MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1986
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SOME RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES ROSE IN OCTOBER 1985 COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1984, INCLUDING IRON AND STEEL DYING, TANNING AND COLOURING MATERIALS: WATCH AND CLOCK MOVEMENTS, CASES AND PARTS; COTTON YARN AND THREAD, SPECIAL TEXTILE FABRICS FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES; YARN OF MAN-MADE FIBRES; WOVEN COTTON FABRICS AS WELL AS WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK.
DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR MAN-MADE FIBRES; WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR, THERMIONIC CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS; YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES; CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS AS WELL AS PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS,
IMPORTS OF FUELS ROSE BY TWO PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN OCTOBER 1985 COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1984.
IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SOME COMMODITIES INCREASED IN OCTOBER 1985 OVER OCTOBER 1984, THE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY. DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR OFFICE MACHINES AND CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR OCTOBER AND FOR JANUARY-OCTOBER OF 1985 AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD IN 1984 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF SOME END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN OCTOBER 1985 WHEN COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1984, RANGING FROM 12 PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS AS WELL AS RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES TO 23 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS. HOWEVER, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF CAPITAL GOODS AND FUELS DECREASED BY 12 PER CENT AND FIVE PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN OCTOBER 1985 AS COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1984.
FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE OCTOBER 1985 ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS+, AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE ON JANUARY 10 AT HK$2 PER COPY.
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