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HOWEVER, A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MACHINERY OTHER THAN TEXTILE AND ELECTRICAL TYPE WAS RECORDED.
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 RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED, FROM EIGHT PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS TO 87 PER CENT FOR FUELS.
FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE OCTOBER 1983 ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS+, AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$2 PERCOPY.
TABLE 1: CHANGES COMPARING OCTOBER 1983 WITH OCTOBER 1982
OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP
COMMODITY GROUP
EXPORT VALUE
EXPORT UNIT VALUE
EXPORT VOLUME
CLOTHING (EXCEPT FUR)
+ 41%
+20%
+ 18%
TEXTILE FABRICS
+ 76%
+12%
+ 57%
TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD
+ 68%
+12%
+ 50%
TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES
+ 56%
+18%
+ 32%
RADIOS OF ALL KINDS
+ 15%
+ 7%
7%
ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
+104%
+11%
+ 84%
FOOTWEAR
+ 54%
+ 1%
+ 52%
METAL MANUFACTURES
+ 41%
+ 9%
+ 30%
METAL ORES AND SCRAP
+197%
+28%
+131%
WATCHES AND CLOCKS
+ 26%
+19%
6%
TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS
AND SIMILAR ARTICLES
+ 39%
+15%
+ 20%
DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES
+ 85%
+ 8%
+ 71%
ALL COMMODITIES
+ 48%
+17%
+ 26%
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