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THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1982

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IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS

: ARE SHOWN BELOW (IN PERCENTAGES):-

CHANGES COMPARING MARCH 1982 WITH MARCH 1981

RE-EXPORT VALUE

RE-EXPORT UNIT VALUE

RE-EXPORT

VOLUME

FOODSTUFFS

+17

7

CONSUMER GOODS

+10

6

FUELS

-14

+11

-22

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

+15

CAPITAL GOODS

+31

+12

+15

INSIGNIFICANT

+22

7

+14

2

ALL COMMODITIES

THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORT VOLUME VARIED, RANGING FROM A 22 PER CENT DECREASE FOR FUELS TO A SEVEN PER CENT INCREASE FOR CAPITAL GOODS.

FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE MARCH 1982 ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS+, AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$2 PER COPY.

5 000 COMPANIES GET BONUS QUOTA ALLOCATIONS

*****

OVER 5 000 COMPANIES HAVE RECEIVED ALLOCATIONS OF QUOTAS FOR THE EEG TOTALLING 1.14 MILLION KILOGRAMMES AS A RESULT OF THE INTRODUCTION OF A BONUS SCHEME. THIS WILL BE DISCLOSED IN A NOTICE TO EXPORTERS ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS TOMORROW (FRIDAY).

+THE OBJECT OF THIS SCHEME IS TO ENSURE THAT, AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, QUOTAS ARE OFFERED TO COMPANIES WHICH HAVE A DEMONSTRATED MEED FOR THEM, SAID A TICD SPOKESMAN.

+MANY OF THE COMPANIES WHICH HAVE BENEFITED FROM THE BONUS ARE ONES WHICH ARE COMPARATIVELY NEW TO THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY, AND HAVE HAD TO GO INTO THE QUOTA TRANSFER MARKET IN ORDER TO CONDUCT THEIR BUSINESS.

+THE SCHEME HAS BEEN INTRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THE 1987 REVIEW OF THE TEXTILE CONTROL SYSTEM CONDUCTED BY THE DEPARTMENT

TOTA

BEING ALLOCATE COME FROM FORFEITURES FROM

+

(80 AND 1981, WERE UNABLE TO USE MORE

STAS AND TRANSFERRED THEM TO OTHER COMPANIES.

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