XN000022-1978-04-29 — Page 2

SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1977

PRICE AND QUANTITY INDEXES OF HK EXTERNAL TRADE ******

THE PRICES AND VOLUMES OF HONG KONG'S DOMESTIC EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN 1977 ALL REGISTERED INCREASES COMPARED WITH 1976, ACCORDING TO TRADE FIGURES RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY.

THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN 1977 ROSE BY TWO PER CENT, AND VOLUME UP BY FIVE PER CENT WHILE THOSE FOR IMPORTS WERE UP BY FIVE PER CENT AND EIGHT PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. FOR RE-EXPORTS, THE INCREASES WERE EIGHT PER CENT IN PRICES AND TWO PER CENT IN VOLUME.

WITH PRICES OF IMPORTS RISING FASTER THAN EXPORTS, THE TRADE INDEX FELL FROM 100 IN 1976 TO 99 IN 1977.

THE PRICES ARE BASED ON UNIT VALUES AND CHANGES IN VOLUME OF TRADE ARE DERIVED FROM TRADE VALUES, LESS THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES.

THE FOLLOWING TABLE PROVIDES THE UNIT VALUES AND QUANTUM INDEXES FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES IN 1976 AND 1977:

VALUE IN 1977

(HK MN)

{EASE YEAR 1973

=

100)

UNIT VALUE INDEX

QUANTUM INDEX

1977

CHANGE 1977/1976

1977

* CHANGE 1977/1976

ALL DOMESTIC

MERCHANDISE

35,004

132

+ 293

136

+ 59:

EXPORTS

CLOTHING

(EXCEPT FUR)

13,679

140

+ 1%

132

49

TRANSISTOR ISED

RADIOS OF

2,144

124

+ 5%

149

+ 99.

ALL KINDS

TEXTILE FABRICS

1,931

115

UNCHANGED

27

-180*

WATCHES AND

CLOCKS

1,694

146

+ 1%

396

+39%

ELECTRONIC

COMPONENTS

1,411

109

-13%

139

+4293

/RISTAL