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MONDAY, MAY 16, 1983

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.

AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORT VOLUME VARIED AMONG THE FIVE END-USE CATEGORIES, RANGING FROM A 44 PER CENT DECREASE FOR FUELS TO A 9 PER CENT INCREASE FOR CONSUMER GOODS.

FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE FEBRUARY 1983 ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS+, AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HKSZ PER COPY.

TABLE 1 CHANGES COMPARING FEBRUARY 1983 WITH FEBRUARY 1982

EXPORT VOLUME

COMMODITY GROUP

EXPORT VALUE

EXPORT UNIT VALUE

CLOTHING (EXCEPT FUR)

+ 34%

8%

+ 24%

TEXTILE FABRICS

TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD

+ 26%

INSIGNIFICANT

+ 496

+ 21%

2%

+ 1%

TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND

RELATED ARTICLES

+ 23%

+ 79%

+ 15%

RADIOS OF ALL KINDS

10%

-10%

+

1%

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

+ 30%

+20%

9%

FOOTWEAR

11%

1%

—

METAL MANUFACTURES

+ 16%

+ 5%

10%

+ 10%

METAL ORES AND SCRAP

+171%

+11%

+144%

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

+

7%

-16%

+ 26%

TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND

SIMILAR ARTICLES

+ 30%

+ 6%

+ 22%

DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL

APPLIANCES

ALL COMMODITIES

5%

314

2%

+ 19%

+ 15%

TABLE 2:

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