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DURING THE SAME PERIOD OF
COMPARISON, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 32 PER CENT. THE COMMODITY ITEMS WITH MORE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES INCLUDED PASSENGER MOTOR CARS: RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS; AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND BY 25 PER CENT IN 1988 COMPARED WITH 1987.
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
ROSE
THE MAJOR INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS; THERMIONIC CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, DIODES. TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS; SILK FABRICS; AND BASE METALS, OTHER THAN IRON AND STEEL. DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR RAW COTTON, AND COTTON YARN AND THREAD.
IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 4 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN 1988 AS COMPARED WITH 1987.
IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED 29 PER CENT IN 1988 OVER 1987.
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THERE WERE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY; OFFICE MACHINES; AND SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL. OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS. A DECREASE IN IMPORT VOLUME WAS RECORDED IN TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT.
COMPARING 1988 WITH 1987, IMPORT PRICES OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED. WHILE IMPORT PRICES OF CAPITAL GOODS AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES BOTH ROSE BY 5 PER CENT, THOSE OF CONSUMER GOODS AND FOODSTUFFS BOTH INCREASED BY 4 PER CENT. HOWEVER. IMPORT PRICES OF FUELS DROPPED BY 4 PER CENT.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR DECEMBER AND THE WHOLE YEAR OF 1988 AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIODS IN 1987 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3. THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN 1988 WHEN COMPARED WITH 1987. WITH THE PERCENTAGE INCREASES RANGING FROM 40 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS TO 58 PER CENT FOR FUELS.
PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF CAPITAL GOODS AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES BOTH INCREASED BY 5 PER CENT IN 1988 WHEN COMPARED WITH 1987. RE-EXPORT PRICES OF FOODSTUFFS AND CONSUMER GOODS BOTH ROSE BY 2 PER CENT. ON THE OTHER HAND, THOSE OF FUELS DROPPED BY 11 PER CENT.
FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE DECEMBER 1988 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS" WHICH WILL BE ON SALE AROUND MARCH 13 AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE. GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AT $2.50 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES REGARDING