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FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1987
TABLE 1:
INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP
COMPARING JAN-FEB 1987 WITH JAN-FEB 1986
COMPARING FEBRUARY 1987 WITH FEBRUARY 1986
UNIT
UNIT
COMMODITY GROUP
VALUE
VALUE
VOLUME
VALUE
VALUE
VOLUME
%
%
$
%
CLOTHING
15
7
7
-4
7
-10
TEXTILE FABRICS
70
3
66
64
2
61
TEXTILE YARN AND
THREAD
34
2
31
49
*
49
TEXTILE MADE-UPS
AND RELATED
ARTICLES
5
6
-1
-3
-7
RADIOS OF ALL
KINDS
49
-4
55
41
-1
41
ELECTRONIC
COMPONENTS
6
-7
14
13
-8
22 7
6
FOOTWEAR
9
2
7
-1
4
-5
METAL MANUFACTURES
24
3
21
16
3
13 F
METAL ORES AND
SCRAP
-9
-5
-5
-1
-8
7
WATCHES AND CLOCKS
17
4
12
5
2
TRAVEL GOODS,
HANDBAGS AND
SIMILAR ARTICLES -1
DOMESTIC
ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES
ALL COMMODITIES
NOTES:
3
-16
2
-18
25
1
24
30
25
27
3
24
20
3
16
* INSIGNIFICANT, I.E. LESS THAN 0.5 PER CENT
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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