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OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF CAPITAL GOODS AND FUELS INCREASED BY 1.7% AND 0.3% RESPECTIVELY.
THE OTHER HAND, THE RE-EXPORT PRICES OF RAW MATERIALS AND
FOODSTUFFS; AND CONSUMER GOODS DECREASED BY
4.6%,
ON SEMI-MANUFACTURES; 2.5% AND 0.8%.
DETAILS OF THE ABOVE STATISTICS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE JANUARY 1993 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS".
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ON THE
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TABLE 1 : CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY GROUP
COMMODITY GROUP
COMPARING JAN 1993 -
WITH JAN 1992
VALUE %
UNIT VALUE VOLUME
*
2
CLOTHING
5.9
2.5
3.4
TEXTILE FABRICS
61.1
0.1
60.9
TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD
2.6 -4.3
7.3
TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES
42.3
5.8
34.3
RADIOS OF ALL KINDS
19.6 -9.4 31.8
ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
FOOTWEAR
METAL MANUFACTURES
32.9 -5.2 40.3
-31.3
6.8 -35.7
-6.6 -2.9 -3.8
24.1
-5.8
31.7
METAL ORES AND SCRAP
WATCHES AND CLOCKS
-14.0 -1.5 -12.7
TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES
-53.7
-2.2
DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
-41.0
-52.6
-3.5 -38.9
ALL COMMODITIES
2.7
-0.5
3.3
/TABLE 2