XN000022-1985-05-06 — Page 5

MONDAY, MAY 6, 1985

IMPORTS OF FUELS DROPPED BY 33 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.

IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF ALL THE COMMODITIES INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, THE MORE NOTABLE ONES BEING OFFICE MACHINES, CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY, 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, RANGING FROM FIVE PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS TO 71 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS. HOWEVER, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF FUELS DROPPED BY 36 PER CENT.

FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE FEBRUARY 1985 ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS+, AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE FROM MAY 10 AT HK$2 PER COPY.

TABLE 1 CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP

(COMPARING FEBRUARY 1985 WITH FEBRUARY 1984)

COMMODITY GROUP

EXPORT VALUE

EXPORT

EXPORT

UNIT VALUE

VOLUME

CLOTHING

+5496

+12%

+37%

TEXTILE FABRICS

-

7%

INSIGNIFICANT

7%

TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD

-27%

+ 8%

-32%

TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND

RELATED ARTICLES

+54%

+149%

+35%

RADIOS OF ALL KINDS

+36%

-

1%

+37%

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

-11%

5%

6%

FOOTWEAR

+58%

4%

+64%

METAL MANUFACTURES

+48%

+ 5%

+419%

METAL ORES AND SCRAP

+67%

-24%

+120%

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

+16%

8%

+26%

TRAVEL GOODS. HANDBAGS AND

SIMILAR ARTICLES

+40%

+12%

+25%

DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES

+47%

5%

+55%

ALL COMMODITIES

+37%

+ 3%

+33%

/TABLE 2:

է