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OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 43%.
COMMODITY ITEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME INCLUDED TOBACCO MANUFACTURES; PASSENGER MOTOR CARS; AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED BY 22% IN MARCH 1992 AS COMPARED WITH MARCH 1991.
AND
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR WOOL OTHER ANIMAL HAIR; PLASTIC MATERIALS; CRUDE ANIMALS AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS; AND LEATHER AND DRESSED FUR SKINS. HOWEVER, CONSIDERABLE DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SILK FABRICS; MAN-MADE FIBRES; AND WOVEN FABRICS OF WOOL AND MIXTURES.
IMPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 12% IN VOLUME IN MARCH 1992 AS COMPARED WITH MARCH 1991.
AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 43% IN MARCH 1992 OVER MARCH 1991.
VOLUME
NOTABLE INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT
OF CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY: TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT; OFFICE MACHINERY; AND TEXTILE MACHINERY.
PRICES
OF
COMPARING MARCH 1992 WITH MARCH 1991, THE IMPORT CONSUMER GOODS AND FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 2% AND 1% RESPECTIVELY. THE IMPORT PRICES OF FUELS AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES DECREASED BY 25% AND 2% RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THOSE OF CAPITAL GOODS WERE VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR MARCH 1992 AS COMPARED WITH MARCH 1991 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
COMPARING MARCH 1992 WITH MARCH 1991, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED: FUELS (+60%); CAPITAL GOODS (+60%); CONSUMER GOODS (+55%); RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+41%); AND FOODSTUFFS (+11%).
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF AND CONSUMER GOODS, FOODSTUFFS AND CAPITAL GOODS INCREASED BY 3%, 2% 2% RESPECTIVELY,
THE RE-EXPORT PRICES OF FUELS AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI- MANUFACTURES DECREASED BY 27% AND 2% RESPECTIVELY.
IN
OF
STARTING FROM JANUARY 1992, THE THIRD REVISION OF THE STANDARD INTERNATIONAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION (SITC REV. 3) HAS BEEN ADOPTED HONG
CLASSIFICATION KONG IN PLACE OF THE SECOND REVISION FOR THE TRADE STATISTICS BY COMMODITY.
TO ACHIEVE COMPARABILITY WITH THE TRADE FIGURES IN 1992,
TRADE STATISTICS CORRESPONDING COMMODITY
IN 1991 HAVE BEEN CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THE NEW SYSTEM.
THE
RE-
/DETAILS ARE