ON
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1987
WATCHES AND CLOCKS
16
2
14
20
TRAVEL GOODS,
HANDBAGS AND
SIMILAR ARTICLES
DOMESTIC
ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES
ALL COMMODITIES
3
-1
- 1
-3
*
20
לון
5
-8
25
20
28
6
21
32
3
28
33
3
30
NOTES FOR TABLES 1 TO 3:
* INSIGNIFICANT, I.E. LESS THAN 0.5 PER CENT
TAKEN TO THE "HONG FROM THE
PERCENTAGE CHANGES ARE CALCULATED FROM TRADE INDICES MORE DECIMAL PLACES THAN THOSE TO BE PUBLISHED IN KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS". THEY MAY THEREFORE DIFFER PERCENTAGE CHANGES TO BE COMPUTED FROM THE PUBLISHED FIGURES.
TABLE 2: INCREASES IN IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY
COMPARING JAN-MAY 1987 WITH JAN-MAY 1986
COMPARING MAY 1987 WITH MAY 1986
END-USE CATEGORY
UNIT
UNIT
VALUE
VALUE
VOLUME
VALUE
VALUE
VOLUME
%
%
X
%%
X
%
FOODSTUFFS
11
1
10
7
2
6
CONSUMER GOODS
47
5
40
44
4
39
RAW MATERIALS AND
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
45
3
41
43
3
39
FUELS
-15
-16
2
-3
5
-
8
CAPITAL GOODS
38
9
27
45
8
35
ALL COMMODITIES
39
4
34
39
34
/TABLE 3:
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