5
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1989
TABLE 3: CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY
COMPARING SEP 1989
WITH SEP 1988
COMPARING JAN-SEP 1989
WITH JAN-SEP 1988
UNIT
UNIT
END-USE CATEGORY
VALUR
VALUE
VOLUME
VALUE VALUE
VOLUME
*
%%%
%%
น
*
FOODSTUFFS
-11
4
-15
5
6
-1
CONSUMER GOODS
39
6
31
46
5
39
RAW MATERIALS AND
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
-5
6
- 11
18
7
10
FUELS
158
14
126
145
сл
5
134
CAPITAL GOODS
4
5
-1
35
6
27
ALL COMMODITIES
16
6
10
32
6
24
PROTECTIONISM IN U.S. REMAINS MAJOR THREAT
* * *
THE MINISTER FOR
D.C. IN
1
MR THE
ECONOMIC AND KONG
YESTERDAY WASHINGTON,
PETER LO, U.S. REMAINED A PROTECTIONISM INDICATIONS WERE THAT A TEXTILE BILL MIGHT
HONG
AFFAIRS TRADE
SAID (WEDNESDAY}
IN
THAT
THREAT AND RECENT MAJOR
EMERGE IN CONGRESS NEXT
YEAR.
MEETING ANNUAL
NATIONAL HONG
OF THE MR LO WAS ADDRESSING THE APPAREL AND TEXTILE ASSOCIATION IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON STATE, ON KONG'S PERSPECTIVE IN THE APPAREL TRADE IN THE 1990'S.
TO 18 MONTHS WOULD BE A DIRECTION OF WORLD TRADE IN
MR LO EMPHASISED THAT THE NEXT 12 CRUCIAL PERIOD IN WHICH THE SHAPE AND TEXTILES IN THE 1990'S WOULD BE DETERMINED.
HE WAS REFERRING TO THE URUGUAY
MFA
AND THE INTEGRATION OF THE
ROUND OF
MULTILATERAL TALKS THE
INTO
ARRANGEMENT) (MULTI-FIBRE GATT (GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE).
"THE U.S. IS A KEY PLAYER IN THESE MULTILATERAL HE SAID. "HOWEVER, PROGRESS IN THE MULTILATERAL TEXTILES NOW TAKING PLACE IN GENEVA HAS NOT BEEN ENCOURAGING."
NEGOTIATIONS," NEGOTIATIONS
/HE URGED
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