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AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 31% IN MAY 1992 OVER MAY 1991.
NOTABLE INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF OFFICE MACHINES; ELECTRICAL MACHINERY; TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT; AND TEXTILE MACHINERY. HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE NOTED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY; AND SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS.
COMPARING MAY 1992 WITH MAY 1991, THE IMPORT PRICES OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED: CONSUMER GOODS (+3%); FUELS (+2%); CAPITAL GOODS (+2%); AND FOODSTUFFS (+1%). HOWEVER, THE IMPORT PRICES OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES DECREASED BY 3%.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END- USE CATEGORY FOR MAY 1992 AS COMPARED WITH MAY 1991 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
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COMPARING MAY 1992 WITH MAY 1991, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS CAPITAL GOODS; RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES; AND CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 37%, 29% AND 23% RESPECTIVELY. HOWEVER, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS AND FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 15% AND 8% RESPECTIVELY.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF CONSUMER GOODS, FOODSTUFFS AND FUELS INCREASED BY 4%. 2% AND 1% RESPECTIVELY.
THE RE-EXPORT PRICES OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES DECREASED BY 2% WHILE THOSE OF CAPITAL GOODS REMAINED VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED.
DETAILS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE MAY 1992 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS"
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