-
MONDAY, MAY 8, 1989
PRICES OF CAPITAL SEMI-
COMPARING FEBRUARY 1989 WITH FEBRUARY 1988, IMPORT ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED: THOSE OF CONSUMER GOODS AND GOODS BOTH ROSE BY 5 PER CENT, WHILE THOSE OF RAW MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURES; FOODSTUFFS AND FUELS ALL INCREASED BY 4 PER CENT.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME RE-EXPORTS BY
COMPARED END-USE CATEGORY FOR FEBRUARY 1989 AS FEBRUARY 1988 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
WITH
AS
ALL DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF CATEGORIES INCREASED
FEBRUARY IN FEBRUARY 1989 COMPARED WITH WITH THE PERCENTAGE INCREASES RANGING FROM 1 PER CENT TO 179 PER CENT FOR FUELS.
END-USE
1988,
FOR
FOODSTUFFS
PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED BY 8 PER CENT IN FEBRUARY 1989 AS COMPARED WITH
FEBRUARY
1988. RE-EXPORT PRICES OF CAPITAL GOODS AND FOODSTUFFS BOTH ROSE BY 7 ON THE CENT, PER
WHILE THOSE OF CONSUMER GOODS ROSE BY 4 PER CENT. OTHER HAND, PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS DROPPED BY 7 PER CENT.
AT THE PLACE,
FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE FEBRUARY 1989 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS" WHICH WILL BE ON SALE GOVERNMENT
GPO PUBLICATIONS CENTRE,
BUILDING, CONNAUGHT CENTRAL, AROUND MAY 10 AT $2.50 PER COPY.
BE ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT MAY
AT FRENCH MISSION DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT
ON TRADE BUILDING, HONG KONG (TEL. NO. : 5-8428802) AND ENQUIRIES INDEXES TO THE
NO. CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. 5-8234918).
TABLE 1: INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP
COMPARING FEBRUARY 1989 COMPARING JAN-FEB 1989
WITH FEBRUARY 1988
WITH JAN-FEB 1988
COMMODITY GROUP
VALUE
UNIT VALUE
VOLUME
VALUE
UNIT VALUE
VOLUME
*
%
%
CLOTHING
-3
-4
-2
-2
TEXTILE
FABRICS
-12
- 1
-11
-3
-2
-1
TEXTILE YARN AND
THREAD
16
3
13
16
1
16
TEXTILE MADE-UPS
AND RELATED ARTICLES
-18
6
-23
-15
-20
/RADIOS OF