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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1983

AS SHOWN IN TABLE 3, THE CHANGES IN RE-EXPORT VOLUME VARIED AMONG THE FIVE END-USE CATEGORIES, RANGING FROM A SIX PER CENT DECREASE FOR CAPITAL GOODS TO A 46 PER CENT INCREASE FOR FUELS.

FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE MARCH 1983 ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS+, AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $2 PER COPY.

TABLE 1 PERCENTAGE CHANGES COMPARING MARCH 1983 WITH MARCH 1982

COMMODITY GROUP

CLOTHING (EXCEPT FUR)

TEXTILE FABRICS

TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD

TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES

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EXPORT VALUE

EXPORT UNIT VALUE

EXPORT VOLUME

7

6

12

+ 18

+ 16

+ 33

+ 37

+ 15

16

RADIOS OF ALL KINDS

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22

3

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20

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

+ 53

+ 27

+ 20

FOOTWEAR

· 26

- 29

METAL MANUFACTURES

- 10

- 13

METAL ORES AND SCRAP

+252

+ 13

+210

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

+9

- 10

+ 21

TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS

AND SIMILAR ARTICLES

20

+11

28

DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL

APPLIANCES

ALL COMMODITIES

4

2

2

1

3

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