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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1985

MODERATE INCREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED FOR FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FIBRES WATCH AND CLOCK MOVEMENTS, CASES AND PARTS; PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS AS WELL AS SPECIAL TEXTILE FABRICS FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSE.

HOWEVER, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MAN-MADE FIBRES; RAW COTTON; COTTON YARN AND THREAD LEATHER AND DRESSED FUR SKINS; WOVEN COTTON FABRICS; YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES AS WELL AS CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS DECREASED RATHER SIGNIFICANTLY.

IMPORTS OF FUELS DROPPED BY ONE PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS OVER THE SAME PERIOD.

IMPORT VOLUME OF ALL CAPITAL GOODS ITEMS INCREASED IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1985 AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1984. THE MORE NOTABLE ONES BEING OFFICE MACHINES INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY OTHER THAN ELECTRICAL MACHINERY CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY ; 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 JUNE AND FOR JANUARY-JUNE OF 1985 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.

AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF NEARLY ALL THE END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1985 AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1984, RANGING FROM FIVE PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS TO 84 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS. HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS RECORDED FOR FUELS (-22 PER CENT).

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

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