MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1986
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Table 1: Increases in domestic exports by commodity group
Comparing Jan-Sept 1988 with Jan-Sept 1985
Comparing September 1986 with September 1985
Commodity group
Unit
Unit
Value
Value
Volume
Value
Value
Volume
X
x
x
X
Clothing
15
*
16
23
4
18
Textile fabrics
39
-3
43
67
1
86
Textile yarn and
thread
20
-1
22
30
26
Textile made-ups
and related
articles
7
2
6
11
-3
Radios of all
kinds
6
-10
17
34
-6
43
Electronic
components
-2
2
-4
-7
Footwear
16
1
15
24
25
Metal manufactures
10
-1
12
-2
11
Hetal ores and
scrap
-35
-7
-31
-27
-20
Watches and clocks
24
7
16
14
12
2
Travel goods,
handbags and
similar articles
-3
7
B-
16
7
9
Domestic
electrical
appliances
-3
-6
3
22
-2
24
ALL COMMODITIES
14
1
13
27
3
23
Notes:
* Insignificant, 1.e. less than 0.5%
Percentage changes are calculated from trade indexes taken to more decimal places than those to be published in the "Hong Kong Trade Index Numbers". They may therefore differ from the percentage changes to be computed from the published figures.
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