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COMPARING THE IMPORT PRICES IN AUGUST 1989 WITH THOSE IN AUGUST 1988. ALL END-USE CATEGORIES SHOWED SOME INCREASE: FUELS (+12 PER CENTI: CONSUMER GOODS (+6 PER CENT); CAPITAL GOODS (+4 PER CENT); FOODSTUFFS (+3 PER CENT): AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+2 PER CENT)
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RE-EXPORTS
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF DY END-USE CATEGORY FOR AUGUST 1989 COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1988 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3. THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF FUELS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY BY 228 PER CENT. WHILE THOSE OF CONSUMER GOODS AND CAPITAL GOODS ALSO INCREASED, BY 36 PER CENT AND 11 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF FOODSTUFFS. WHILE THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES DECREASED BY 2 PER CENT.
PRICES OP RE-EXPORTS OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN AUGUST 1989 COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1988: FUELS (+14 PER CENT); RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+7 PER CENT); CONSUMER GOODS (+6 PER CENT): CAPITAL GOODS (+6 PER CENT) AND FOODSTUFFS (+5 PER CENT }
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FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE AUGUST 1989 ISSUE OF "HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS" WHICH WILL BE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE. GPO BUILDING. CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AROUND NOVEMBER 11 AT $2.50 PER COPY,
ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT MAY BE DIRECTED то THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT FRENCHI MISSION BUILDING, HONG KONG (TEL. 5-8428802) AND ENQUIRIES ON TRADE INDEXES TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TEL. 5-8234918).
TABLE 1: CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY GROUP
COMPARING AUGUST 1989
WITH AUGUST 1988
COMPARING JAN-AUG 1989
WITH JAN-AUG 1988
COMMODITY GROUP
UNIT
UNIT
VALUE VALUE
VOLUME
%
%%
VALUE VALUE VOLUME
幫
CLOTHING
10
*
TEXTILE FABRICS
25
7
8
22
10
21
6
10
to
TEXTILE YARN AND
THREAD
-7
+
-10
12
10
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