5
THURSDAY, APRIL 11-1991
THIE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF
RE-EXPORTS
BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR JANUARY 1991 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1990 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
COMPARING .JANUARY 1991 WITH JANUARY 1990, THE VOLUME OP RE- EXPORTS OF CAPITAL GOODS; RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES; CONSUMER GOODS: AND FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 41%, 40%, 35% AND 15% RESPECTIVELY.
BY 5%.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED
THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN JANUARY 1991 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1990: FUELS (+47%); CONSUMER GOODS (+3%); FOODSTUFFS (+3%); AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+1%).
THE RE-EXPORT PRICES OF CAPITAL GOODS WERE VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED.
FURTHER DETAILS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE JANUARY 1991 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 APRIL 15 AT $4 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES ON REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT MAY BE DIRECTED TO
THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT
AT FRENCH MISSION BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH, 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
COMMODITY GROUP
VALUE *
COMPARING JANUARY 1991 WITH JANUARY 1990
UNIT VALUE %%
VOLUME
%
CLOTHING
3
3
*
TEXTILE FABRICS
15
2
12
TEXTILE YARN AND
THREAD
16
16
TEXTILE MADE-UPS
AND RELATED
ARTICLES
-38
-1
-37
RADIOS OF ALL
KINDS
-23
-25
/ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS