THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1990
FURTHER DETAILS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE FEBRUARY 1990 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS" WHICH WILL BE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AROUND MAY 14 AT $3 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT FRENCH MISSION BUILDING, HONG KONG (TEL. NO.: 842 8802) AND ENQUIRIES ON TRADE INDEXES TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO.: 823 4918).
TABLE 1: CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY GROUP
COMPARING FEB 1990
WITH FEB 1989
COMPARING JAN-FEB 1990
WITH JAN-FEB 1989
UNIT
VALUE
VALUE
VOLUME
VALUE
UNIT VALUE
COMMODITY GROUP
%%%
%
%
%
%
VOLUME
%
CLOTHING
-19
2
-21
4
3
6
TEXTILE FABRICS
18
15
11
4
6
TEXTILE YARN AND
THREAD
1
2
- 3
ז
9
4
-13
TEXTILE MADE-UPS
AND RELATED
ARTICLES
-34
4
-37
-13
5
-17
RADIOS OF ALL
KINDS
-40
*
-41
-33
-33
ELECTRONIC
COMPONENTS
26
1
25
9
1
FOOTWEAR
-27
-
2
-25
-25
-25
METAL MANUFACTURES
-18
7
-23
-22
6
-27
METAL ORES AND
SCRAP
-36
6
-32
-30
-27
WATCHES AND CLOCKS
- 2
1
- 1
1
1
TRAVEL GOODS,
HANDBAGS AND
SIMILAR ARTICLES
-24
1
-25
-20
-23
/DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL