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SUNDAY, JANUARY 9, 1983

3.

MOST OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED IN VOLUME TERMS, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING SUGAR, CEREAL AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS AND RICE. ON THE OTHER HAND,

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FRUIT AS WELL AS SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD DROPPED.

IN THE CONSUMER GOODS CATEGORY, CONSIDERABLE DECLINES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILE MADE-UPS, PASSENGER MOTOR CARS AS WELL AS TOBACCO MANUFACTURES. THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FOOTWEAR INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY.

IMPORTS OF FUELS ROSE BY 29 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI- MANUFACTURES DECLINED, AMONG WHICH MAN-MADE FIBRES, LEATHER AND DRESSED FUR SKINS, WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR AS WELL AS WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK DROPPED SUBSTANTIALLY. THE IMPORT VOLUMES OF COTTON YARN AND THREAD, CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS AS WELL AS FABRICS OF WOOL AND MIXTURES 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 AS WELL AS TEXTILE MACHINERY. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE, HOWEVER, 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:

PERCENTAGE CHANGES COMPARING OCTOBER 1982 WITH OCTOBER 1981

RE-EXPORT VALUE

RE-EXPORT UNIT VALUE

RE-EXPORT

VOLUME

FOODSTUFFS

+39

- 1

+40

CONSUMER GOODS

- 5

+ 2

- 7

FUELS

+96

+ 6

+86

RAW MATERIALS AND

- 7

+ 3

9

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

CAPITAL GOODS

ALL COMMODITIES

3

2

+12

+ 3

8

5

THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORT VOLUMES VARIED, RANGING FROM A NINE PER CENT DECREASE FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES TO AN 86 PER CENT INCREASE FOR FUELS.

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

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