THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1991
CALENDAR YEAR TO-DATE
JAN-JUN 1991
JAN-JUN 1990
INCREASE/DECREASE
HK$ MN.
HK$ MN.
HK$ MN.
*
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
104,925
100,538
4,387
4.4
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(31.0%)
(35.4%)
RE-EXPORTS
233,113
183,097
50,016
27.3
TOTAL EXPORTS
338,038
283,635
54,403
19.2
IMPORTS
359,221
291,833
67,388
23.1
TRADE BALANCE
-21,183
-
-8.198
-12,985
LAST 12 MONTHS
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
RE-EXPORTS
TOTAL EXPORTS
IMPORTS
TRADE BALANCE
JUL 90 TO
JUN 91
HK$ MN.
HK$ MN.
JUL 89 TO
JUN 90
INCREASE/DECREASE
HK$ MN.
230,262
222,585
7,677
3.4
464,015
368,406
95,609
28.0
694,277
590,991
103,286
17.5
709,919
577,991
131,928
22.8
-15,642
13,000
-28,642
WAGE INDEXES FOR MARCH 1991
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THE OVERALL NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR MARCH 1991 WAS 11.6 PER CENT THAN IN SEPTEMBER HIGHER THAN IN MARCH 1990 AND 5.7 PER CENT HIGHER 1990, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS PUBLISHED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
LOWER 1990.
PER CENT THE OVERALL REAL WAGE INDEX FOR MARCH 1991 WAS 1.2
THAN IN SEPTEMBER THAN IN MARCH 1990 AND 1.3 PER CENT LOWER
WHILE THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEX MEASURES CHANGES IN WAGE RATES IN MONEY TERMS, THE REAL WAGE INDEX, WHICH IS OBTAINED BY DEFLATING THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEX BY THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A), MEASURES IN THE PURCHASING POWER OF THE WAGES RECEIVED,
CHANGES
SHOWED
WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1990, THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEX THE FASTEST YEAR-ON-YEAR RATE OF INCREASE IN THE TRANSPORT SERVICES (15.3%), FOLLOWED BY BUSINESS SERVICES (14.4%), MANUFACTURING (11.6%), PERSONAL SERVICES (10.8%), AND WHOLESALE/RETAIL, IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS (9.5%).
RECORDED
(6.6%),
WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1990, THE LARGEST INCREASE WAS BY SERVICES
FOLLOWED BUSINESS IN THE WHOLESALE/RETAIL, IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS (5.9%), SERVICES MANUFACTURING (5.7%), PERSONAL SERVICES (4.8%) AND TRANSPORT
(4.5%).
/THE WAGE