FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1988
TABLE 1: INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP,
COMPARING JAN-OCT 1987
WITH JAN-OCT 1986
COMPARING OCTOBER 1987
WITH OCTOBER 1986
COMMODITY GROUP
UNIT
VALUE
VALUR
VOLUME
VALUE
UNIT
VALUK
VOLUME
X
%
%
%%
%
X
CLOTHING
29
8
20
26
7
18
TEXTILE
FABRICS
57
6
48
33
8
24
TEXTILE YARN AND
THREAD
42
5
36
5
7
-2
TEXTILE MADE-UPS
AND RELATED ARTICLES
11
4
7
12
2
11
RADIOS OF ALL KINDS
19
3
16
-8
7
-14
ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
13
-2
16
23
*
23
FOOTWEAR
20
4
16
11
6
5
METAL MANUFACTURES
28
2
25
18
3
15
METAL ORES AND SCRAP
59
4
53
54
12
37
WATCHES AND CLOCKS
18
18
18
- 1
19
TRAVEL GOODS,
HANDBAGS AND
SIMILAR ARTICLES
− 1
10
3
DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES
ALL COMMODITIES
NOTES FOR TABLES 1 TO 3:
19
3
15
5
1
4
29
3
25
18
2
16
* INSIGNIFICANT, I.E. LESS THAN 0.5 PER CENT
TAKEN ΤΟ
PERCENTAGE CHANGES ARE CALCULATED FROM TRADE INDEXES 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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