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IMPORTS OF FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 11 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS SEPTEMBER 1990 AS COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1989. INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF TEA AND COFFEE; AND CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS (OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR). DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SUGAR; AND WHEAT AND FLOUR.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 12 PER CENT. COMMODITY ITEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME INCLUDED FOOTWEAR; RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS; AND WATCHES. DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MISCELLANEOUS MADE-UP ARTICLES OF TEXTILE MATERIALS.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED BY 17 PER CENT IN SEPTEMBER 1990 AS COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1989. INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR PAPER AND PAPERBOARD; WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK; PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS; AND WATCH AND CLOCK MOVEMENTS, CASES AND PARTS. DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FABRICS OF WOOL AND MIXTURES; AND CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGetable MATERIALS.
IMPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 26 PER CENT IN VOLUMB TERMS IN SEPTEMBER 1990 AS COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1989.
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AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY T CENT IN SEPTEMBER 1990 OVER SEPTEMBER 1989. INCREASES IN THE IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED IN SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; AND OFFICE MACHINES. ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN OTHER INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY (OTHER THAN TEXTILE MACHINERY AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY); AND TEXTILE MACHINERY.
COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1990 WITH SEPTEMBER 1989, THE IMPORT PRICES OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED: FUELS (+32 PER CENT); CAPITAL GOODS (+5 PER CENT); CONSUMER GOODS (+4 PER CENT); AND FOODSTUFFS (+3 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT PRICES OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR SEPTEMBER 1990 AS COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1989 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1990 WITH SEPTEMBER 1989, THE VOLUME OF RE- EXPORTS OF FOODSTUFFS; CONSUMER GOODS; CAPITAL GOODS; AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED BY 18 PER CENT, 15 CENT,
14 PER CENT AND 8 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. ON THE OTHER HAND, VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 53 PER CENT.
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PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED SEPTEMBER 1990 AS COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1989: FUELS (+13 PER CENT); CONSUMER GOODS (+3 PER CENT); RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+3 PER CENT); AND FOODSTUFFS (+2 PER CENT). RE-EXPORT PRICES OF CAPITAL GOODS WERE VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED.
FURTHER DETAILS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE SEPTEMBER 1990 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS" WHICH WILL BE ON SALE AT THE GOVBENMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AROUND DECEMBER 15 AT $3 PER COPY.
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