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NOTES FOR TABLES 1 TO 3:
*
INSIGNIFICANT, I.E. LESS THAN 0.5 PER CENT
PERCENTAGE CHANGES ARE CALCULATED FROM TRADE INDEXES WITH DECIMAL PLACES. THEY MAY DIFFER FROM THE PERCENTAGE CHANGES COMPUTED DIRECTLY FROM THE ROUNDED FIGURES IN THE PUBLICATION "HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS".
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TABLE 2: INCREASES IN IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY
COMPARING AUGUST 1988
WITH AUGUST 1987
COMPARING JAN-AUG 1988
WITH JAN-AUG 1987
END-USE CATEGORY
UNIT
UNIT
VALUE
VALUE
VOLUME
VALUE
VALUE
VOLUME
X
%
%
%
ช
FOODSTUFFS
18
14
21
3
17
CONSUMER GOODS
40
4
35
34
3
29
RAW MATERIALS AND
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
35
30
29
5
23
FUELS
19
-7
29
5
CAPITAL GOODS
49
5
42
37
6
29
ALL COMMODITIES
37
32
31
25
TABLE 3: INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY
COMPARING AUGUST 1988
WITH AUGUST 1987
COMPARING JAN-AUG 1988
WITH JAN-AUG 1987
END-USE CATEGORY
UNIT
VALUE
VALUE
VOLUME
VALUE
UNIT VALUE
VOLUME
%
%
%
X
FOODSTUFFS
42
3
38
45
1
43
CONSUMER GOODS
60
2
57
47
2
44
RAW MATERIALS AND
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
50
4
45
49
4
42
FUELS
122
-18
173
29
-7
39
CAPITAL GOODS
73
6
63
52
4
46
ALL COMMODITIES
57
53
48
3
43
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