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THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1982

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IN THE CONSUMER GOODS CATEGORY. SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR FOOTWEAR AND CLOTHING. THE IMPORT VOLUME OF HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, TOBACCO MANUFACTURES AS WELL AS PASSENGER MOTOR CARS FELL

CONSIDERABLY.

IMPORTS OF FUELS ROSE BY 20 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES DECLINED, AMONG WHICH CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS, MAN-MADE FIBRES AS WELL AS WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR DROPPED SUBSTANTIALLY. THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CHEMICAL ELEMENTS AND COMPOUNDS, FABRICS OF WOOL AND MIXTURES AND IRON AND STEEL ROSE CONSIDERABLY,

MOST OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED CAPITAL GOODS DECLINED IN VOLUME TERMS, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS AND ELÉCTRICAL MACHINERY AS WELL. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE WAS RECORDED IN THE

IMPORT VOLUME OF OFFICE MACHINES.

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN BELOW (IN PERCENTAGES) –

CHANGES COMPARING APRIL 1982 WITH APRIL 1981

RE-EXPORT

VALUE

RE-EXPORT UNIT VALUE

RE-EXPORT

VOLUME

FOODSTUFFS

2

+21

-19

CONSUMER GOODS

+7

1

FUELS

-22

+7

-27

RAW MATERIALS, AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

+ 5

+14

- 9

CAPITAL GOODS

+31

+20

+10

ALL COMMODITIES

+12

THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORT VOLUME VARIED RANGING FROM A 27 PER CENT DECREASE FOR FUELS TO A 10 PER CENT INCREASE FOR CAPITAL GOODS.

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

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