12
THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1988
ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
34
34
37
-1
38
FOOTWEAR
7
5
2
10
5
5
METAL MANUFACTURES
20
7
12
26
6
19
METAL ORES AND SCRAP
17
5
11
43
8
33
WATCHES AND CLOCKS
26
21
31
3
27
TRAVEL GOODS,
HANDBAGS AND
SIMILAR ARTICLES
4
-4
-8
DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES
ALI, COMMODITIES
16
15
11
1
10
10
3
7
13
10
NOTES FOR TABLES 1 TO 3:
* INSIGNIFICANT, 1.E. LESS THAN 0.5 PER CENT
PERCENTAGE CHANGES ARE CALCULATED FROM TRADE INDEXES TAKEN ΤΟ MORE DECIMAL PLACES THAN THOSR IN THE PUBLICATION "HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS", THEY MAY THEREFORE DIFFER FROM THE PERCENTAGE CHANGES TO BE COMPUTED DIRECTLY FROM THE FIGURES TO BE PUBLISHED.
TABLE 2: INCREASES IN IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY
COMPARING APRIL 1988
WITH APRIL 1987
COMPARING JAN-APR 1988
WITH JAN-APR 1987
END-USE CATEGORY
UNIT
UNIT
VALUE VALUE
VOLUME
VALUE
VALUE
VOLUME
*
X
%%
%
X
FOODSTUFFS
26
4
22
19
3
15
CONSUMER GOODS
27
3
24
30
3
27
RAW MATERIALS AND
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
84
27
27
8
20
FUELS
-10
- 1
-9
3
-3
CAPITAL GOODS
42
34
34
7
25
ALI, COMMODITIES
31
4
26
28
6
22
/TABLE 31