WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1991
5
JAN-JUL
CALENDAR YEAR TO DATE
1991
JAN-JUL 1990
INCREASE
HK$ MN.
HK$ MN.
HK$ MN.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
126,105
120,947
5,158
4.3
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(30.9%)
(35.5%)
RE-EXPORTS
281,618
219,290
62,328
28.4
TOTAL EXPORTS
407,723
340,238
67,485
19.8
IMPORTS
428,303
346,312
81,991
23.7
TRADE BALANCE
-20,580
-6,074
-14,506
AUG 90 TO
AUG 89 TO
INCREASE
LAST 12 MONTHS
JUL 91
HKS MN.
JUL 90 HK$ MN.
HK$ MN.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
REPORTS
231,034
221,890
9.144
4.1
476,326
373,169
103,157
27.6
TOTAL EXPORTS
IMPORTS
707,360
595,059
112,301
18.9
724,521
583,747
140.774
24.1
TRADE BALANCE
-17,161
11,312
-28,473
CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR JULY RELEASED
1984/85-BASED CPI'S (SEE TABLE 1)
THE 1984/85-BASED CPI(A)
IN HIGHER
RESPECTIVELY FIGURES RELEASED
BY
AND CPI(B) WERE 12.6% AND 11.9% JULY 1991 THAN IN JULY THE CENSUS AND
1990,
ACCORDING TO STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY
(WEDNESDAY).
ALTHOUGH
THESE
RATES OF INCREASE WERE
SLIGHTLY
HIGHER THAN
THOSE RECORDED IN JUNE 1991 (12.3% AND 11.8% RESPECTIVELY FOR CPI(A) AND CPI(B)), THEY WERE STILL LOWER THAN THE CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN APRIL (13.9% AND 13.0% RESPECTIVELY) AND MAY 12.4% RESPECTIVELY).
RATES OF (13.0% AND
THESE RATES OF INCREASE WERE MAINLY DUE TO HIGHER PRICES AS REGARDS THE FOODSTUFFS,
AND HOUSING COMPONENTS. SERVICES FOODSTUFFS COMPONENT, THE FLOOD IN CHINA HAD CAUSED A TEMPORARY IN THE PRICES OF CERTAIN ESSENTIAL FOODSTUFFS WHILE CHARGES FOR AT RESTAURANTS SHOWED FURTHER INCREASES.
FOR
FOR
THE
RISE
MBALS
WERE RECORDED
CINEMA AS
SERVICES, FOR
HIGHER CHARGES
MEANWHILE, HIGHER ENTERTAINMENT, PACKAGE TOURS AND MEDICAL SERVICES. RENTS WERE ALSO RECORDED FOR SOME PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS IN THE HOUSING COMPONENT.
AS
SERIES
THE
AND CPI(B) THE COMPILATION OF THE 1989/90-BASED CPI(A) ONLY BEGAN FROM OCTOBER 1990, REFERENCE HAS TO BE MADE TO 1984/85-BASED CPI'S FOR YEAR-ON-YEAR COMPARISON OF PRICE MOVEMENTS.
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