FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1988
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TRADE STATISTICS AVAILABLE ON COMPUTER OUTPUT MICROFICHE
THE MONTHLY HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS (HKTS) AND ITS ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME ON COMPUTER OUTPUT MICROFICHE (COM) IN ADDITION TO THE REPORTS IN BOOK FORM.
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT COM COPIES OF THE JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 1988 ISSUES OF THE HKTS HAVE BEEN PUT ON SALE AND ARE AVAILABLE FOR SUBSCRIPTION.
BASIS.
SUBSEQUENT ISSUES WILL BE PUBLISHED REGULARLY ON A MONTHLY
THE TIME OF PUBLICATION FOR BOTH THE MONTHLY HKTS AND ITS ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT IN COM WILL GENERALLY BE ABOUT
40 DAYS AFTER THE REFERENCE PERIOD, FOR EXAMPLE, THE MARCH ISSUE WILL BE AVAILABLE AROUND MAY 10, AND THE ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT FOR 1988 AROUND FEBRUARY 10, 1989, WHICH ARE CONSIDERABLY EARLIER THAN THE REPORTS IN BOOK FORM.
THE PUBLICATION OF THE REPORTS IN COM REPRESENTS ANOTHER EFFORT OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT IN EXPEDITING THE DISSEMINATION OF TRADE STATISTICS AND IN DIVERSIFYING THE MEANS OF DISSEMINATION FOR MEETING THE NEEDS OF USERS.
PUBLISHED
COM COPIES OF THE HKTS AND ITS ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT ARE IN THREE SEPARATE SERIES FOR IMPORTS, DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS, GIVING FLEXIBILITY TO USERS OF STATISTICS IN ACQUIRING THE SERIES THEIR CHOICE.
OF
COM
HKTS
THE PRICES OF THE COM COPIES ARE:
PRICE PER COPY (HK$)
HKTS ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT
IMPORT
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
25
40
26
45
RE-EXPORTS
35
60
FOR COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF THE REPORTS IN BOOK FORM (WITH TWO SEPARATE SERIES, ONE FOR IMPORTS, AND THE OTHER FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS) ARE $80 PER COPY.
/COM COPIES