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MANY OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED IN VOLUME TERMS IN NOVEMBER 1985 COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1984. SIGNIFICANT GROWTH WAS RECORDED FOR WHEAT AND FLOUR SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD: LIVE POULTRY FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS: FRUIT; MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS AS WELL AS CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS, OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR. HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR SUGAR: RICE ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES TEA AND COFFEE AS WELL AS MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS.

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OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MANY CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED, THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING TOBACCO MANUFACTURES WATCHES CLOTHING: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY MISCELLANEOUS MADE-UP ARTICLES OF TEXTILE MATERIALS AS WELL AS FOOTWEAR. HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS AS WELL AS PASSENGER MOTOR CARS.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SOME RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI- MANUFACTURES ROSE IN NOVEMBER 1985 COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1984, INCLUDING COTTON YARN AND THREAD CHEMICAL ELEMENTS AND COMPOUNDS WATCH AND CLOCK MOVEMENTS, CASES AND PARTS; WOVEN COTTON FABRICS SPECIAL TEXTILE FABRICS FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSE; SILK FABRICS FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FIBRES RAW COTTON YARN OF MAN-MADE FIBRES AS WELL AS PAPER AND PAPERBOARD. DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR THERMIONIC CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK FABRICS OF WOOL AND MIXTURES; WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR: MAN-MADE FIBRES AS WELL AS YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES.

IMPORTS OF FUELS DROPPED BY 16 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN NOVEMBER 1985 COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1984.

IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SOME COMMODITIES DECREASED IN NOVEMBER 1985 OVER NOVEMBER 1984, THE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING OFFICE MACHINES; TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AS WELL AS CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY, INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY OTHER THAN ELECTRICAL MACHINERY 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 NOVEMBER AND FOR JANUARY-NOVEMBER OF 1985 AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIODS IN 1984 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.

AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF MANY END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN NOVEMBER 1985 WHEN COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 2984, RANGING FROM 3 PER CENT FOR FUELS TO 52 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS. HOWEVER, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF CAPITAL GOODS DECREASED BY 17 PER CENT IN NOVEMBER 1985 AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1984.

FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE NOVEMBER 1985 ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS+, AVAILABLE LATER THIS MONTH AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $2 PER COPY.

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