10
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1994
TABLE 6 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF PRINCIPAL COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
THE 10
RECORDED
IN THE
VALUE OF
IN IMPORTS OF MOST
COMPARING THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 1994 WITH THE SAME PERIOD 1993,
WERE INCREASES PRINCIPAL COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
MORE NOTABLE INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $4,206 APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND MILLION OR 38%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY T ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1,715 MILLION OR
(BY $1,124
CLOTHING 11%); $1,488 MILLION OR 13%); NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY MILLION OR 25%); TEXTILES (BY $1,116 MILLION OR 8.7%) AND PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND (BY $684 MILLION OR 10%).
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, A DECREASE IN THE VALUE OF RECORDED FOR ROAD VEHICLES (BY $1,017 MILLION OR 14%).
CLOCKS
IMPORTS WAS
ALL THE TRADE STATISTICS DESCRIBED HERE ARE MEASURED AT CURRENT BETWEEN PRICES AND NO ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TAKEN OF THE CHANGES IN PRICES THE PERIODS OF COMPARISON.
A SEPARATE
ANALYSIS
OF THE VOLUME
AND
PRICE
MOVEMENTS
OF
EXTERNAL TRADE FOR FEBRUARY 1994 WILL BE RELEASED IN EARLY MAY.
DETAILED TRADE STATISTICS ANALYSED BY COMMODITY AND BY COUNTRY/ TERRITORY ARE PUBLISHED IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.
THE FEBRUARY 1994 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE" DETAILED ANALYSES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE FEBRUARY 1994 WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT $86 A COPY
WITH IN AROUND APRIL
22.
ON
THE REPORT CAN BE BOUGHT AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE CONNAUGHT PLACE, THE GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING,
AND STATISTICS CENTRAL, OR AT THE PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF THE CENSUS
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THE 19TH FLOOR, WANCHA TOWER, 12 ON
CHAI.
REPORT
MAY BE AT FRENCH MISSION
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TRADE
ENQUIRIES ON DEPARTMENT (TEL 582
1 BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG (TEL 842 88021 AND TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS STATISTICS
4915).
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