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THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1985

HOWEVER. THE IMPORT VOLUME OF COTTON YARN AND THREAD; MAN-MADE FIBRES: RAW COTTON: WOVEN COTTON FABRICS: LEATHER AND DRESSED FUR SKINS; WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK AS WELL AS YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY.

IMPORTS OF FUELS DROPPED BY EIGHT PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS

IN MARCH 1985.

IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF ALL THE COMMODITIES INCREASED OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE MORE NOTABLE ONES BEING OFFICE MACHINES, TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT AS WELL AS SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS.

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR MARCH ́AND FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1985 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.

AS SHOWN IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF NEARLY ALL THE END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN MARCH 1985 WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1984, RANGING FROM FOUR PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS TO 95 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS. HOWEVER, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF FUELS REMAINED THE SAME AS IN MARCH 1984.

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

TABLE 1: CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP

COMMODITY GROUP

CLOTHING

TEXTILE FABRICS

TEXTILE YARN AND

THREAD

TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES

RADIOS OF ALL KINDS

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

COMPARING MARCH 1985 WITH MARCH 1984

EXPORT VALUE

EXPORT UNIT VALUE

EXPORT VOLUME

32%

+10%

-

38%

29%

INSIGNIFICANT

-

29%

-

42%

+ 8%

-

47%

- 28%

+13%

36%

39%

+ 1%

39%

-

15%

-

4%

12%

/FOOTWEAR