WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1988
WERE
PLASTIC
THE MAJOR INCREASES
RECORDED IN MATERIALS; WATCH AND CLOCK MOVEMENTS, CASES AND PARTS; BASE METALS OTHER THAN IRON AND STEEL; AND THERMIONIC AND TUBES, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS.
DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR THREAD; AND WOVEN COTTON FABRICS.
IMPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 23 PER CENT IN JUNE 1988 COMPARED WITH JUNE 1987.
MOULDING FABRICS;
SILK CATHODE VALVES
COTTON YARN AND
VOLUME TERMS IN
IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME 35 PER CENT IN JUNE 1988 OVER JUNE 1987.
INCREASED BY
MACHINES; MEASURING
THERE WERE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN OFFICE CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY; AND SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS. A VOLUME WAS RECORDED IN TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT.
DECREASE IN IMPORT
1988 AS
IMPORT PRICES OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES ROSE IN JUNE COMPARED WITH JUNE 1987, RANGING FROM 3 PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS TO 5 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS. PRICES OF IMPORTS OF FUELS BY 1 PER CENT.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR JUNE 1988 AS COMPARED WITH SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
DECREASED
OF RE-EXPORTS JUNE 1987 ARE
AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME CATEGORIES INCREASED IN
OF ALL END-USE JUNE 1988 WHEN COMPARED RANGING FROM 16 PER CENT FOR FUELS TO 51 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS.
WITH JUNE 1987,
PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF CAPITAL GOODS; AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES BOTH INCREASED BY 4 PER CENT COMPARED WITH JUNE 1987.
RAW MATERIALS AND IN JUNE 1988 WHEN
RE-EXPORT PRICES OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED WHILE THOSE OF FOODSTUFFS ROSE BY 1 PER CENT. ON PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS DROPPED BY 5 PER CENT.
BY 3 PER CENT, THE OTHER HAND,
TRADE
PUBLICATIONS
FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE JUNE 1988 ISSUE OF THE INDEX NUMBERS" WHICH WILL BE ON SALE AT THE CENTRE, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AROUND
"HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SEPTEMBER 12 AT $2.50 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT MAY
DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION
SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT
ON
BE FRENCH MISSION TRADE INDEXES
BUILDING, HONG KONG (TEL. 5-8428802) AND ENQUIRIES TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. 5-8234918).
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