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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1985

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST OF THE RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI- MANUFACTURES ROSE, AMONG WHICH SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK FABRICS OF WOOL AND MIXTURES; THERMIONIC CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES. DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS, WATCH AND CLOCK MOVEMENTS, CASES AND PARTS; RAW COTTON: WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR: CLAY AND REFRACTORY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, BUILDING MATERIALS, ETC., EXCEPT GLASS; AS WELL AS MAN-MADE FIBRES. HOWEVER

HOWEVER, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS, CHEMICAL ELEMENTS AND COMPOUNDS, YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES, COTTON YARN AND THREAD, SILK FABRICS AND MAN-MADE FIBRES DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY.

IMPORTS OF FUELS ROSE BY SEVEN PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.

IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF ALL THE COMMODITIES INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, THE MORE REMARKABLE ONES BEING

ICE MACHINES, TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY.

(THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.)

AS SHOWN IN TABLE 3. THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST OF THE END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY; RANGING FROM 18 PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS TO 59 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS. HOWEVER, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF FOODSTUFFS AND FUELS DROPPED BY 20 PER CENT AND 1, PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

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

TABLE 1 : CHANGES COMPARING NOVEMBER 1984 WITH NOVEMBER 1983

OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP

COMMODITY GROUP

EXPORT VALUE

EXPORT UNIT VALUE

EXPORT VOLUME

CLOTHING

TEX: ILE FABRICS

TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD

TEX ILE MADE-UPS AND

LATED ARTICLES

+ 12%

+ 17%

49%

1%

+ 10%

10%

30%

1%

31%

INSIGNIFICANT

+ 18%

15%

RADIOS OF ALL KINDS

+ 14%

3%

+ 10%

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

FOOTWEAR

+ 35%

3%

+ 40%

+ 17%

4%

+ 13%

METAL MANUFACTURES