TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1992
COMMODITY ITEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME INCLUDED PASSENGER MOTOR CARS; MISCELLANEOUS MADE-UP ARTICLES OF TEXTILE MATERIALS; FOOTWEAR; CLOTHING; AND CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED BY 20% IN JUNE 1992 AS COMPARED WITH JUNE 1991.
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR BASE METALS (OTHER THAN IRON AND STEEL); WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR; WOVEN FABRICS OF WOOL AND MIXTURES; AND RAW COTTON.
HOWEVER, CONSIDERABLE DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MAN-MADE FIBRES AND SILK FABRICS.
IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 65% IN VOLUME IN JUNE 1992 AS COMPARED WITH JUNE 1991.
AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 56% IN JUNE 1992 OVER JUNE 1991.
NOTABLE INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT; CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY; SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; AND OFFICE MACHINES. HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS NOTED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF TEXTILE MACHINERY.
THE IMPORT PRICES OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN JUNE 1992 OVER JUNE 1991: CAPITAL GOODS (+3%); FUELS (+3%); CONSUMER GOODS (+2%); AND FOODSTUFFS (+1%).
HOWEVER, THE IMPORT
MANUFACTURES DECREASED BY 2%.
PRICES OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3,
THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF CAPITAL GOODS HAD GROWN SUBSTANTIALLY IN JUNE 1992 COMPARED WITH JUNE 1991, BY 70%.
AND
THAT OF CONSUMER GOODS; RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES: FOODSTUFFS ALSO REGISTERED INCREASES, BY 37%, 33% AND
RESPECTIVELY.
14%
HOWEVER, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 23%.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS, CONSUMER GOODS AND FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY
7%,
2% AND 2%
RESPECTIVELY.
THE RE-EXPORT PRICES OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES DECREASED BY 3% WHILE THOSE OF CAPITAL GOODS REMAINED VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED.
DETAILS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE JUNE 1992 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS".
/THE REPORT