TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1989
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TABLE 6: RE-EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION
COMMODITY
DIVISION
MAY 1989
(HKD MN.}
MAY 89 OVER MAY 88 (%)
JAN-MAY
1989
JAN-MAY 89 OVER
(HKD MN.)
JAN-MAY 88
( % )
TEXTILE YARN,
FABRICS,
MADE-UP ARTICLES AND
RELATED PRODUCTS
3,836
+33
16,384
+30
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,
APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES,
AND ELECTRICAL PARTS
THEREOF
2,819
+27
13,773
+41
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES (MAINLY BABY
CARRIAGES, TOYS,
GAMES
AND SPORTING GOODS)
3,027
+44
12,628
+47
ARTICLES OF APPAREL
AND CLOTHING
ACCESSORIES
2,612
+55
12,602
+45
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND
SOUND RECORDING AND
REPRODUCING APPARATUS
AND EQUIPMENT
2,144
+51
9,811
+65
PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS,
EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES,
OPTICAL GOODS,
WATCHES AND CLOCKS
1,143
+39
5,146
+40
SURVEY OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS, PURCHASES FOR FIRST QUARTER
* * *
THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE ENTIRE RESTAURANT SECTOR IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1989, ESTIMATED AT $7,753 MILLION, WAS
18 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE SAME QUARTER OF 1988, WHILE THE VOLUME WAS 3 PER CENT HIGHER, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE
PROVISIONAL ESTIMATE OF TOTAL PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1989 WAS $3,301 MILLION, WHICH WAS 19 PER CENT HIGHER IN VALUE TERMS THAN IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1988.
IN
/ANALYSED BY