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TABLE 2: INCREASES IN IMPORTS LY END-USE CATEGORY
COMPARING OCTOBER 1988
WITH OCTOBER 1987
COMPARING JAN-OCT 1988 WITH JAN-OCT 1987
END-USE CATEGORY
UNIT
UNIT
VALUE
VALUE
VOLUME
VALUE
VALUE
VOLUME
%
%%%
X
FOODSTUFFS
19
4
15
20
CONSUMER GOODS
13
4
37
36
تي
16
3
31
RAW MATERIALS AND
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
29
24
30
5
24
FUELS
CAPITAL GOODS
ALL COMMODITIES
-40
-11
-33
-3
3
36
4
30
36
28
32
4
27
31
26
TABLE 3: INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY
COMPARING OCTOBER 1988
WITH OCTOBER 1987
COMPARING JAN-OCT 1988 WITH JAN-OCT 1987
END-USE CATEGORY
UNIT
UNIT
VALUE
VALUE
VOLUME
VALUE
VALUE
VOLUME
%
X
%
*
FOODSTUFFS
68
5
61
47
2
44
CONSUMER GOODS
55
21
52
49
2
46
RAW MATERIALS AND
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
49
01
5
42
50
A
43
FUELS
70
-18
106
38
-9
52
CAPITAL GOODS
79
67
57
50
ALL COMMODITIES
56
50
50
2
45
NOTES FOR TABLES 1 TO 3:
INSIGNIFICANT, I.E. LESS THAN 0.5 PER CENT
PERCENTAGE CHANGES
ARE
FROM TRADE DECIMAL PLACES. THEY MAY DIFFER
PERCENTAGE CHANGES COMPUTEI DIRECTLY FROM THE ROUNDED FIGURES IN THE PUBLICATION "HONG KONG INDEX NUMBERS".
CALCULATED FROM THE
INDEXES
TRADE
O
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