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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1983

IN THE CONSUMER GOODS CATEGORY, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR FOOTWEAR, CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY. THESE INCREASES WERE, HOWEVER, OFFSET BY DECLINES IN THE IMPORT VOLUMES OF PASSENGER MOTOR CARS, TEXTILE MADE-UPS, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS.

IMPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY FOURTEEN PER CENT IN VOLUME

TERMS.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES DECLINED AMONG WHICH WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK, MAN-MADE FIBRES, YARN OF MAN-MADE FIBRES, CHEMICAL ELEMENTS AND COMPOUNDS AS WELL AS LEATHER AND DRESSED FUR SKINS DROPPED SUBSTANTIALLY. THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW COTTON AS WELL AS CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS ROSE CONSIDERABLY,

MANY OF THE MAJOR IMPORTS CAPITAL GOODS DECLINED IN VOLUME TERMS. THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEXTILE MACHINERY AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE, HOWEVER, RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN BELOW :-

PERCENTAGE CHANGES COMPARING NOVEMBER

1982 WITH NOVEMBER 1981

FOODSTUFFS

CONSUMER GOODS

FUELS

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

CAPITAL GOODS

ALL COMMODITIES

RE-EXPORT VALUE

RE-EXPORT UNIT VALUE

RE-EXPORT

VOLUME

+15

+3

INSIGNIFICANT

+8

-12

*

-

9

+21

INSIGNIFICANT

+12

8

-15

-12

+12

6

THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORT VOLUME VARIED, RANGING FROM A 15 PER CENT DECREASE FOR FUELS TO A 12 PER CENT INCREASE FOR FOODSTUFFS AND CAPITAL GOODS.

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

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