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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1994
OF
AT 1994, SAME PERIOD IN KONG'S RE-
THE VALUE
IMPORTS IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF
MARKEDLY BY 15% OVER THE $905.9 BILLION, INCREASED 1993. THIS WAS SUPPORTED LARGELY BY THE GROWTH IN HONG EXPORT TRADE.
TABLE 6 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF PRINCIPAL COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
THE 10
COMPARING THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1994 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1993,
RECORDED
IMPORTS INCREASES WERE
IN THE VALUE OF
OF MOST PRINCIPAL COMMODITY DIVISIONS. MORE NOTABLE INCREASES WERE REGISTERED APPARATUS FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING AND EQUIPMENT (BY $19.2 BILLION OR 29%); TEXTILES (BY $13.8 BILLION OR ELECTRICAL 19%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND PARTS THEREOF (BY $13.7 BILLION OR 16%); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC
MACHINES DATA PROCESSING
(BY $7.4 BILLION OR 28%); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING MAINLY OF BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES
AND 11%); GOODS (BY $6.6 BILLION
SPORTING
-
AND $5.1 BILLION OR 7.7%).
OR
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, A DECREASE IN THE VALUE OF RECORDED FOR ROAD VEHICLES (
(BY $3.9 BILLION OR 9.2%).
CLOTHING (BY
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
EXTERNAL.
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ANALYSIS
MOVEMENTS
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AND OF THE VOLUME
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