SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1991
THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 27% IN 1990 AS COMPARED WITH 1989. THOSE OF CAPITAL GOODS; AND RAW MATERIALS AND HOWEVER, THE SEMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED BY 13% AND 4% RESPECTIVELY. RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF
17% FUELS AND FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY RESPECTIVELY.
AND
1X
IN
PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED
(+4%); RAW 1990 AS COMPARED WITH 1989: FUELS (+10%); CONSUMER GOODS MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+3%); CAPITAL
AND GOODS (+2%);
FOODSTUFFS (+1%).
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FURTHER DETAILS ARE PUBLISHED IN The decemBER 1990 ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS"
SALE AT THE WHICH WILL BE ON
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MAY BE
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TABLE 1: CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY GROUP
COMPARING DEC 1990 WITH DEC 1989
COMPARING JAN-DEC 1990 WITH JAN-DEC 1989
COMMODITY GROUP
VALUE
UNIT VALUE
VOLUME
%%
%%
%
VALUE
%%%
UNIT
VALUE
VOLUME
%
%
CLOTHING
- 1
N
-1
TEXTILE FABRICS
-B
3
-11
2
3
TEXTILE YARN AND
THREAD
4
2
2
-6
3
-9
TEXTILE MADE-UPS
AND RELATED
ARTICLES
-22
-2
-21
-12
-12
RADIOS OF ALL
KINDS
-26
6
-30
-29
01
2
-30
ELECTRONIC
COMPONENTS
4
-4
18
18
FOOTWEAR
-32
3
-34
-22
-24
METAL MANUFACTURES
-11
5
→ 16
-12
6
-16
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