FRIDAY, AUT 24, 1990
CALENDAR YEAR TO-DATE
JAN-JUL
1990
HK$ MN.
JAN-JUL
1989 HK$ MN.
INCREASE
HK$ MN.
%
DOM STIC EXPORTS
120,948
123,162
-2,214
-1.8
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(35.5%)
(39.0%)
RE-EXPORTS
219,290
192,527
26,763
13.9
TOTAL EXPORTS
340,238
315,689
24,549
7.8
IMPORTS
346,312
325,347
20,965
6.4
TRADE BALANCE
-6,074
-9,658
3,584
AUG 89 TO
LAST 12 MONTHS
JUL 90
HK$ MN.
AUG 88 TO
JUL 89 HK$ MN.
INCREASE
HK$ MN.
IMPORTS
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
RE-EXPORTS
TOTAL EXPORTS
TRADE BALANCE
221,890
225,072
-3,182
-1.4
373,169
326,637
46,532
14.2
595,059
551,709
43,350
7.9
583,747
558,060
25,687
4.6
11,312
-6,351
17,663
0
CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR JULY 1990
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THE
CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES (CPI) FOR JULY 1990.
TODAY
PUBLISHED THE
THE CPI(A) (OCT. 84 - SEPT. 85 = 100) FOR JULY 1990 142.4, WAS 9.4 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN JULY 1989.
Į
STOOD AT
THIS WAS HIGHER THAN THE CORRESPONDING RATES OF INCREASE OF 9.3 PER CENT IN MAY AND 9.1 PER CENT IN JUNE.
THE CPI(B) FOR JULY 1990 STOOD
AT
142.2, WAS 9.5 PER CENT
OF THE CORRESPONDING RATES
INCREASE
HIGHER THAN IN JULY LAST YEAR. IN MAY AND JUNE WERE BOTH 9.3 PER CENT.
THE CPI(A) AND THE CPI(B) ARE BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERNS OF 50 PER CENT AND 30 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS HONG KONG, WHICH WERE DERIVED FROM THE 1984/85 HOUSEHOLD SURVEY.
IN
EXPENDITURE
$2,000
AND
THE CPI(A) REFERS TO HOUSEHOLDS SPENDING BETWEEN $6,499 A MONTH AT THAT TIME AND THE CPI(B) BETWEEN $6,500 AND $9,999 A MONTH.
/HOWEVER, IT
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