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MONDAY, MAY 9, 1988
TABLE 2: INCREASES IN IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY
COMPARING JAN-FEB 1988
WITH JAN-FEB 1987
COMPARING FEB 1988
WITH FEB 1987
END-USE CATEGORY
UNIT
UNIT
VALUE
VALUE
VOLUME
VALUE
VALUE VOLUME
X
%
%
*
X
FOODSTUFFS
17
G
13
21
3
17
CONSUMER GOODS
39
3
35
25
21
RAW MATERIALS AND
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
26
6
19
17
6
11
FUELS
15
6
9
-38
-40
CAPITAL GOODS
28
7
19
18
7
11
ALL COMMODITIES
29
5
23
18
5
13
TABLE 3: INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY
COMPARING JAN-FEB 1988
WITH JAN-FEB 1987
COMPARING FEB 1988
WITH FEB 1987
END-USE CATEGORY
UNIT
VALUE VALUE
VOLUME
VALUE
UNIT VALUE
VOLUME
%
X
X
%%
X
FOODSTUFFS
37
1
36
46
46
CONSUMER GOODS
56
2
53
59
2
56
RAW MATERIALS AND
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
52
5
LO
44
44
сл
5
37
FUELS
-10
4
- 14
-35
-35
CAPITAL GOODS
43
2
41
43
2
41
ALL COMMODITIES
52
46
50
3
45
NOTES FOR TABLES 1 TO 3:
INSIGNIFICANT, I.E. LESS THAN 0.5 PER CENT
PERCENTAGE CHANGES ARE CALCULATED FROM TRADE INDEXES TAKEN TO 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 DIRECTLY FROM THE FIGURES TO BE PUBLISHED.
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