MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1992
AND
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR CLAY REFRACTORY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, BUILDING MATERIALS, AND SO ON, EXCEPT GLASS; LEATHER AND DRESSED FUR SKINS; BASE METALS (OTHER THAN IRON AND STEEL); WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK; AND PLASTIC MATERIALS.
HOWEVER, CONSIDERABLE DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW COTTON; MAN-MADE FIBRES; YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES; SILK FABRICS; AND INEDIBLE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS.
IMPORT'S OF FUELS DECREASED BY 10% IN VOLUME IN AUGUST 1992 AS COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1991.
AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 32% IN AUGUST 1992 OVER AUGUST 1991.
VOLUME OF MACHINERY
NOTABLE INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY; TEXTILE MACHINERY; OTHER INDUSTRIAL (OTHER THAN TEXTILE MACHINERY AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY}; AND OFFICE MACHINES.
THE IMPORT PRICES OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN AUGUST 1992 OVER AUGUST 1991: CAPITAL GOODS (+3%); CONSUMER GOODS (+3%); FUELS (+2%); AND FOODSTUFFS (+1%). HOWEVER, THE IMPORT PRICES OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES DECREASED BY 2%.
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 BY 51% IN AUGUST 1992 COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1991.
THAT OF CONSUMER GOODS; AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES REGISTERED INCREASES OF 28% AND 21% RESPECTIVELY.
HOWEVER, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS AND FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 9% AND 1% RESPECTIVELY.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS, CONSUMER GOODS AND CAPITAL GOODS INCREASED BY 8%. 2% AND 1%
RESPECTIVELY.
THE RE-EXPORT PRICES OF RAW MATERIALS AND AND FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 2% AND 1% RESPECTIVELY.
SEMI-MANUFACTURES;
DETAILS OF THE ABOVE STATISTICS ARE PUBLISHED IN 1992 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS",
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