9
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1987
AND
SEMI-MANUFACTURES MAJOR INCREASES WERE MAN-MADE FIBRES;
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST RAW MATERIALS ROSE IN JUNE 1987 COMPARED WITH JUNE 1986. THE RECORDED IN CRUDE ANIMAL AND PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS DECREASE IN IMPORT VOLUME WAS RECORDED IN WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR.
VEGETABLE AS WELL AS
MATERIALS;
LUMBER WOOD,
IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 14 PER CENT IN JUNE 1987 AS COMPARED WITH JUNE 1986.
AND CORK. A
VOLUME TERMS IN
IN THE
CAPITAL
GOODS
CATEGORY,
THE
VOLUME IMPORT
OF ALL 1986, THE MACHINERY
COMMODITIES INCREASED IN JUNE 1987 WHEN COMPARED WITH JUNE
ONES SUBSTANTIAL
BEING TRANSPORT
INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT; TEXTILE
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY OTHER THAN MACHINERY.
AND
AS
WELL AS TEXTILE
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME
AS COMPARED WITH BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR JUNE 1987 SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
OF RE-EXPORTS JUNE 1986 ARE
OF MOST END-USE AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME
JUNE 1987 CATEGORIES INCREASED IN
WITH WHEN COMPARED
JUNE 1986, CENT FOR CONSUMER RANGING FROM 38 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS TO 57 PER GOODS. HOWEVER, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 16 PER CENT.
THE
ARE CONTAINED FURTHER DETAILS
IN THE JUNE 1987 ISSUE OF
TRADE
FOR
THE SALE "HONG KONG
INDEX
AT NUMBERS" AVAILABLE
1987 AT HK$2.50 GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AROUND SEPTEMBER 10,
MAY PER COPY. ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT BE DIRECTED TO
INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT GROUND HONG KONG (TEL. NO. FLOOR, FRENCH MISSION BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH,
INDICES TO THE CENSUS AND
AND
THE
ENQUIRIES
ON TRADE
: 5-8428802) STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. : 5-8234918).
TABLE 1: INCREASE IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP
COMPARING JAN-JUN 1987 WITH JAN-JUN 1986
COMPARING JUNE 1987 WITH JUNE 1986
COMMODITY GROUP
UNIT
UNIT
VALUE
VALUE
VOLUME
VALUE
VALUE
VOLUME
X
*
%
X
X
%
CLOTHING
26
8
17
30
8
20
TEXTILE FABRICS
73
4
66
62
43
TEXTILE YARN AND
THREAD
54
4
48
56
5
49
/TEXTILE MADE-UPS
Page 10Page 11