THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1991
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
20,364
21,178
- 814
-3.8
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(30.1%)
(30.4%)
RE-EXPORTS
47,205
48,507
-1,302
-2.7
TOTAL EXPORTS
67,569
69,685
-2,116
-3.0
IMPORTS
66.755
69,082
-2,327
-3.4
TRADE BALANCE
814
603
211
CALENDAR YEAR TO-DATE
JAN-AUG
1991
JAN-AUG 1990
INCREASE
HK$ MN.
HK$ MN.
HK$ MN.
%
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
146,467
142,075
4,392
3.1
(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)
(30.8%)
(35.5%)
RE-EXPORTS
328,825
257,594
71,231
27.7
TOTAL EXPORTS
475,292
399,669
75,623
18.9
IMPORTS
495,058
402,017
93,041
23.1
TRADE BALANCE
-19,766
-2,348
-17,418
LAST 12 MONTHS
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
RE-EXPORTS
TOTAL EXPORTS
IMPORTS
TRADE BALANCE
SEP 90 TO
SEP 89 TO
INCREASE
AUG 91
HK$ MN.
AUG 90 HK$ MN.
HK$ MN.
%
230,267
221,793
8.474
3.8
485,230
379,647
105,583
27.8
715,497
601.440
114,057
19.0
735,572
591,475
144,097
24.4
-20,075
9,965
-30,040
CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR AUGUST RELEASED
*
1984/85-BASED CPI'S (SEE TABLE 1)
ACCORDING ΤΟ FIGURES RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY), THE 1984/85-BASED CPI(A) FOR AUGUST 1991 WAS. 12.7% HIGHER THAN IN AUGUST 1990.
THIS RATE OF INCREASE WAS SIMILAR TO THAT OF 12.6% RECORDED JULY 1991. HOWEVER, BOTH FIGURES WERE STILL LOWER THAN THE FIGURE OF 13.9% RECORDED IN APRIL 1991.
IN
PRAK
THE 1984/85-BASED CPI(B) FOR AUGUST 1991 WAS 12.0% HIGHER THAN IN AUGUST 1990. THIS RATE OF INCREASE WAS ALSO SIMILAR TO THAT OF 11.9% RECORDED IN JULY 1991 BUT LOWER THAN THE PEAK FIGURE OF 13.0% RECORDED IN APRIL 1991.
THE FOODSTUFFS, HOUSING AND SERVICES COMPONENTS CONTRIBUTED MOST TO THE RATE OF INCREASE IN CONSUMER PRICES IN AUGUST 1991.
/THE PRICES