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THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1984

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AS SHOWN IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS, RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES, AND CAPITAL GOODS INCREASED BY 11 PER CENT, 52 PER CENT AND 53 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY WHILE THOSE OF FOODSTUFFS AND FUELS DROPPED BY 10 PER CENT AND 43 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE FEBRUARY 1984 ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS+, AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE SOON AT HK$2 PER COPY.

TABLE 1: CHANGES COMPARING FEBRUARY 1984 WITH FEBRUARY 1983

OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP

COMMODITY GROUP

EXPORT VALUE

EXPORT

EXPORT

UNIT VALUE VOLUME

CLOTHING

+ 15%

+21%

5%

TEXTILE FABRICS

+ 34%

+19%

+13%

TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD

+ 68%

+18%

+42%

TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES

+ 14%

+13%

+ 1%

RADIOS OF ALL KINDS

+ 10%

+19%

-

7%

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

+106%

+ 8%

+90%

FOOTWEAR

+ 29%

+24%

+ 5%

METAL MANUFACTURES

9%

+11%

- 1%

METAL ORES AND SCRAP

-

58%

+25%

-66%

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

4%

+ 7%

3%

TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND

SIMILAR ARTICLES

496

+16%

-10%

DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL

APPLIANCES

ALL COMMODITIES

+ 36%

+18%

+15%

+ 22%

+16%

+ 6%

/TABLE 2 :