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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1985

SEPTEMBER 1984

ΤΟ

SEPTEMBER 1983

LAST 12 MONTHS

AUGUST 1985

TO AUGUST 1984

$ MN.

$ MN.

INCREASE OR

DECREASE

$ MN. %

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

132 428

130 901

+ 1 527 + 1.2

RE-EXPORTS

102 437

74 185

+28 252

+ 38.1

TOTAL EXPORTS

234 865

205 086

+29 779

+ 14.5

IMPORTS

229 634

213 550

+16 084

7.5

TRADE BALANCE

5 231

8 464

+13 695

CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR AUGUST

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THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) ROSE BY 2.7 PER CENT AND THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (B) BY 3.1 PER CENT BETWEEN AUGUST 1984 AND AUGUST 1985, ACCORDING TO FIGURES PUBLISHED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE CPI(A) AND CPI(B) FOR AUGUST 1985 WERE 159.9 AND 160.1 RESPECTIVELY, OR 4.2 POINTS AND 4.7 POINTS RESPECTIVELY HIGHER THAN THOSE FOR AUGUST 1984. COMPARED WITH JULY 1985 AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON IS AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, CPI(A) INCREASED BY 0.3 POINT OR 0.2 PER CENT AND CPI(B), BY 0.2 POINT OR 0.1 PER CENT.

THE AVERAGE CPI(A) AND AVERAGE CP1(B) FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDED AUGUST 1985, AT 158.1 AND 158.3 RESPECTIVELY, WERE 3.7 PER CENT AND 4.2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGES FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDED AUGUST 1984.

DURING THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED AUGUST 1985, THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CPI(A) AND CPI(B) BOTH INCREASED AT AN AVERAGE RATE OF 0.3 PER CENT EACH MONTH.

DURING AUGUST, RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES AND FRESH FRUIT WERE HIGHER, WHILE PRICES OF CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR WERE LOWER.

THE CPI(A) AND CPI(B) ARE BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERNS OF 50 PER CENT AND 30 PER CENT. RESPECTIVELY, OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS IN HONG KONG, WHICH WERE DERIVED FROM THE 1979/80 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY.

/THE CPI(A)