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TABLE 2: INCREASES IN IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY
COMPARING MAY 1988
WITH MAY 1987
COMPARING JAN-MAY 1988 WITH JAN-MAY 1987
END-USE CATEGORY
UNIT
UNIT
VALUE
VALUR
VOLUME
VALUE
VALUE
VOLUME
X
%
X
X
%
FOODSTUFFS
28
4
23
21
3
17
CONSUMER GOODS
28
3
24
30
3
26
RAW MATERIALS AND
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
26
5
20
27
5
20
FUELS
15
15
3
2
CAPITAL GOODS
28
6
21
33
7
24
ALL COMMODITIES
27
22
27
5
22
TABLE 3: INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY
COMPARING MAY 1988
WITH MAY 1987
COMPARING JAN-MAY 1988 WITH JAN-MAY 1987
END-USE CATEGORY
UNIT
UNIT
VALUE
VALUE
VOLUME
VALUE
VALUE
VOLUME
X
X
%
%
*
FOODSTUFFS
61
1
60
44
1
42
CONSUMER GOODS
39
3
35
42
2
39
RAW MATERIALS AND
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
48
5
42
48
5
41
FUELS
49
-7
60
29
- 4
34
CAPITAL GOODS
60
4
54
48
3
44
ALL COMMODITIES
46
3
41
45
3
41
NOTES FOR TABLES 1 TO 3:
* INSIGNIFICANT, I.E. LESS THAN 0.5 PER CENT
TAKEN TO
PERCENTAGE CHANGES ARE CALCULATED FROM TRADE INDEXES
PUBLICATION "HONG KONG TRADE MORE DECIMAL PLACES THAN THOSE IN THE INDEX NUMBERS" THEY MAY THEREFORE DIFFER FROM THE PERCENTAGE CHANGES TO BE COMPUTED DIRECTLY FROM THE FIGURES TO BE PUBLISHED.
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