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DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE MAINLY NOTED FOR WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR AS WELL AS BASE METALS, EXCLUDING IRON AND STEEL.

IMPORTS OF FUELS ROSE BY 67 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN APRIL 1986 AS COMPARED WITH APRIL 1985.

IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SOME COMMODITIES DECREASED IN APRIL 1986 WHEN COMPARED WITH APRIL 1985, THE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OFFICE MACHINES- CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS AS WELL AS OTHER INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY.

INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR TEXTILE MACHINERY AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.

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

AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF SOME END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN APRIL 1986 WHEN COMPARED WITH APRIL 1985, RA..GING FROM 6 PER CENT FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES TO 229 PER CENT FOR FUELS. HOWEVER, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF CAPITAL GOODS AND CONSUMER GOODS DECREASED BY 23 PER CENT AND 1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE APRIL 1986 ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS+ AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AROUND JULY 10 AT $2.50 PER COPY.

ENQUIRIES ON REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT AND ON TRADE INDEXES MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT BASKERVILLE HOUSE, HONG KONG (TEL. 5-214375) AND THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. 5-444584).

TABLE 1: INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP

COMPARING JAN-APR 1986

WITH JAN-APR 1985

COMPARING APRIL 1986

WITH APRIL 1985

UNIT

UNIT

VALUE VALUE

VOLUME

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

COMMODITY GROUP

%%

%

%

%

%

મ

CLOTHING

1

8

-2

11

22

*

23

TEXTILE FABRICS

21

-5

27

37

-3

41

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