9
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1990
IN
(+3
FUELS PER
THE COMPARING
THOSE IMPORT PRICES IN NOVEMBER 1989 WITH NOVEMBER 1988, ALL END-USE CATEGORIES SHOWED SOME INCREASES:
CENT); (+29
CONSUMER GOODS (+5 PER CENT); FOODSTUFFS CAPITAL GOODS CENT);
(+2 PER CENT) AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI- MANUFACTURES (+1 PER CENT).
PER
1988
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS END-USE CATEGORY FOR NOVEMBER 1989 AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
BY
AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF FUELS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY BY 194 PER CENT, AND THAT OF CONSUMER GOODS BY 21 PER CENT. HOWEVER, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUMES OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI- CENT, MANUFACTURES, CAPITAL GOODS AND FOODSTUFFS DECREASED, BY 15 PER 8 PER CENT AND 1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
PRICES
OF
IN
RAW
PER
INCREASED RE-EXPORTS OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES
PER CENT); NOVEMBER 1989 AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1988: FUELS (+25 CONSUMER GOODS (+7 PER CENT) CAPITAL GOODS
PER (+5
CENT); MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+5 PER CENT) AND FOODSTUFFS (+4 CENT).
FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE NOVEMBER 1989 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS" WHICH WILL BE
AT THE ON SALE
CONNAUGHT GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, PLACE, CENTRAL AROUND FEBRUARY 12 AT $2.50 PER COPY.
BE
ON : 8234918).
MISSION TRADE
ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT MAY DIRECTED то THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT FRENCH BUILDING,
(TEL. NO.: 8428802) AND HONG KONG
ENQUIRIES INDEXES TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO.
TABLE 1: CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY GROUP
COMPARING NOV 1989 WITH NOV 1988
COMPARING JAN-NOV 1989 WITH JAN-NOV 1988
COMMODITY GROUP
VALUE
UNIT VALUE
VOLUME
VALUE
UNIT VALUR
VOLUME
%
%
%
%
%
%
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