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FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE APRIL 1984 ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS+, AVAILABLE LATER THIS MONTH AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$2 PEB COPY.

TABLE 1: CHANGES COMPARING APRIL 1984 WITH APRIL 1983

OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP

EXPORT

VALUE

EXPORT

UNIT VALUE

EXPORT VOLUME

COMMODITY GROUP

CLOTRING

+2+%

TEXTILE FABRICS

+44%

+23%

+17,

TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD

+50%

+17%

+28-

TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND

RELATED ARTICLES

+34%

+12%

+19

RADIOS OF ALL KINDS

+36%

+12%

+22

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

+64€

+ 5%

+55%%%

FOOTWEAR

+65%

+17%

+421-

METAL MANUFACTURES

+41%

+22%

+16).

METAL ORES AND SCRAP

INSIGNIFICANT

+ 8%

5

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

+17%

+ 4%

+12

TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES

+25%

+20%

+ 47

DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL

APPLIANCES

+64%

ALL COMMODITIES

+37%

+13%

+16%

+45

+18%

TABLE 2: CHANGES COMPARING APRIL 1984 WITH APRIL 1983

OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY

END-USE CATEGORY

IMPORT

VALUE

IMPORT UNIT VALUE

LENT

VOLUME

FOODSTUFFS

+11%

+17%

CONSUMER GOODS

+19%

+14%

/RAW MATERIALS

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