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FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1983

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A GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT SPOKESMAN COMMENTED THAT AS THE VOLUME OF IMPORTS OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES GREW AT A FASTER RATE THAN THAT OF THEIR RE-EXPORTS, RETAINED IMPORTS OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN VOLUME TERMS. THIS SUGGESTS THAT DOMESTIC EXPORT PERFORMANCE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE IN THE MONTHS AHEAD.

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

TABLE 1 CHANGES COMPARING APRIL 1983 WITH APRIL 1982

COMMODITY GROUP

EXPORT VALUE

EXPORT UNIT VALUE

EXPORT VOLUME

CLOTHING (EXCEPT FUR)

+ 9%

+ 5%

+ 4%

TEXTILE FABRICS

+26%

+ 6%

+19%

TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD

+459%

3%

+50%

TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND

RELATED ARTICLES

+13%

+16%

3%

RADIOS OF ALL KINDS

-

8%

1%

8%

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

+67%

+36%

+22%

FOOTWEAR

-13%

+ 5%

-17%

METAL MANUFACTURES

+10%

3%

+13%

METAL ORES AND SCRAP

+75%

+23%

+43%

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

+ 9%

8%

+19%

TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS

AND SIMILAR ARTICLES

+ 5%

+11%

5%

DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL

+13%

2%

+15%

APPLIANCES

ALL COMMODITIES

+16%

+ 496

+12%

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