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FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1986

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR JANUARY 1986 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1985 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.

AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN JANUARY 1986 WHEN COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1985, RANGING FROM 1 PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS TO 27 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS. HOWEVER, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF CAPITAL GOODS DECREASED BY 35 PER CENT.

FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE JANUARY 1986 ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS+ AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$2.50 PER COPY.

TABLE 1: CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP

COMPARING JANUARY 1986 WITH JANUARY 1985)

COMMODITY GROUP

VALUE

UNIT VALUE

VOLUME

9%

%

%

CLOTHING

-

· 2

6

TEXTILE FABRICS

4

+ 4

TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD

+11

- 5

+17

TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND

+7

2

RELATED ARTICLES

RADIOS OF ALL KINDS

-21

-14

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

+7

-11

FOOTWEAR

+15

- 2

+17

METAL MANUFACTURES

- 5

1

4

METAL ORES AND SCRAP

-22

5

-18

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

+12

- 2

+15

TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS

-10

+ 1

-12

AND SIMILAR ARTICLES

DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL

-25

-

- 8

-19

APPLIANCES

ALL COMMODITIES

-

1

-

5

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