3
SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 1988
OVER THE SAME PERIOD,
THE
IMPORT VOLUME
GOODS
OF CONSUMER INCREASED BY 47 PER CENT. THE COMMODITY ITEMS WITH MORE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES INCLUDED TOBACCO MANUAFACTURES; PASSENGER MOTOR CARS; FOOTWEAR AS WELL AS WATCHES.
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND BY 28 PER CENT IN JANUARY 1988 COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1987.
THE
ANIMAL
ROSE
AND
INCREASES MAJOR
WERE RECORDED IN CRUDE VEGETABLE MATERIALS; CLAY AND REFRACTORY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, BUILDING MATERIALS, AND 80 ON,
EXCEPT GLASS; PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS AS WELL AS FABRICS OF WOOL AND MIXTURES.
WERE DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME THREAD AS WELL AS WOVEN COTTON FABRICS.
NOTED FOR COTTON YARN AND
IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 84 PER CENT IN JANUARY 1988 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1987.
VOLUME TERMS IN
IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME 29 PER CENT IN JANUARY 1988 OVER JANUARY 1987.
INCREASED BY
THERE WERE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AS WELL AS SCIENTIFIC,
OPTICAL, MEDICAL,
DECREASE APPARATUS. A MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND IMPORT VOLUME WAS RECORDED IN INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY OTHER THAN AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.
IN
TEXTILE
IN JANUARY 1988
IMPORT PRICES OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES ROSE AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1987, RANGING FROM 3 PER CENT FOR TO 10 PER CENT FOR FUELS.
FOODSTUFFS
OF RE-EXPORTS
COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1987
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR JANUARY 1988 AS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
VOLUME OF ALL END-USE AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT
1987, CATEGORIES INCREASED IN JANUARY 1988 WHEN COMPARED WITH JANUARY RANGING FROM 10 PER CENT FOR FUELS TO 51 PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS.
CENT IN RAW MATERIALS PRICES OF CONSUMER ALL INCREASED BY 2 PER
FUELS INCREASED BY 7 PER PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF JANUARY 1988 WHEN COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1987. THOSE OF
THE PER CENT. AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES ROSE BY 5 GOODS, FOODSTUFFS AS WELL AS CAPITAL GOODS CENT,
THE
FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE JANUARY 1988 ISSUE OF
THE GOVERNMENT "HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS" AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AROUND APRIL 14 AT $2.50 PER COPY.
BE
ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT MAY
SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT FRENCH DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION
MISSION BUILDING, HONG KONG ON 5-8428802 AND ENQUIRIES ON TRADE INDEXES TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON 5-8234918.
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