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MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1986
DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE MAINLY NOTED FOR WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR BASE METALS, EXCLUDING IRON AND STEEL AS WELL AS WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK.
IMPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN MAY 1986 AS COMPARED WITH MAY 1985.
IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SOME COMMODITIES DECREASED IN MAY 1986 WHEN COMPARED WITH MAY 1985, THE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY AND OFFICE MACHINES. INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR TEXTILE MACHINERY AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR MAY 1986 AS COMPARED WITH MAY 1985 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN MAY 1986 WHEN COMPARED WITH MAY 1985 RANGING FROM 7 PER CENT FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES TO 198 PER CENT FOR FUELS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF CAPITAL GOODS DECREASED BY 36 PER CENT.
FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE MAY 1986 ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS+ AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE NEXT WEEK AT $2.50 PER COPY.
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TABLE 1: INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP
COMPARING JAN-MAY 1986
WITH JAN-MAY 1985
COMPARING MAY 1986
WITH MAY 1985
UNIT
UNIT
VALUE
VALUE
VOLUME
VALUE
VALUE
VOLUME
COMMODITY GROUP
%
%%%
96
%
%
6
CLOTHING
10
-1
11
14
*
14
TEXTILE FABRICS
25
-4
30
37
-2
40
TEXTILE YARN AND
17
-3
21
27
-1
28
THREAD
TEXTILE