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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1984

TABLE 2: CHANGES COMPARING AUGUST 1984 WITH AUGUST 1983

OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY

END-USE CATEGORY

IMPORT VALUE

IMPORT

IMPORT

UNIT VALUE

VOLUME

FOODSTUFFS

3%

+ 12%

8%

CONSUMER GOODS

+ 26%

+ 11%

+ 14%

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

+ 30%

+ 16%

+ 12%

FUELS

3%

8%

4%

CAPITAL GOODS

+ 50%

9%

+ 37%

ALL COMMODITIES

+ 26%

+ 13%

+ 12%

TABLE 3: CHANGES COMPARING AUGUST 1984 WITH AUGUST 1983

OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY

END-USE CATEGORY

RE-EXPORT VALUE

RE-EXPORT UNIT VALUE

RE-EXPORT

VOLUME

FOODSTUFFS

-

12%

+ 14%

23%

CONSUMER GOODS

+ 40%

+ 15%

+ 22%

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

+ 59%

+ 15%

+389

FUELS

17%

8%

-

- 23%

CAPITAL GOODS

+ 80%

+ 18%

+ 53%

ALL COMMODITIES

+ 48%

+ 15%

+ 28%

FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE AUGUST 1984 ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS+, AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE ON NOVEMBER 10, 1984 AT HK$2 PER COPY.

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