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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1986

JAN-SEP 1986

JAN-SEP

1985

INCREASE

CALENDAR YEAR TO-DATE

HK$ MN.

HK$ MN.

HK$ MN.

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

108 382

94 942

13 440

14.2

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(55.9%)

(54.7%)

RE-EXPORTS

85 357

78 648

6 709

8.5

TOTAL EXPORTS

193 739

173 590

20 149

11.6

IMPORTS

194 439

168 957

25 482

15.1

TRADE BALANCE

-700

4 633

-5 333

OCT 85

OCT 84

ΤΟ

ΤΟ

SEP 86

SEP 85

INCREASE

LAST 12 MONTHS

HK$ MN.

HK$ MN.

HK$ MN.

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

143 321

130 990

12 331

9.4

RE-EXPORTS

111 980

103 570

8 410

8.1

TOTAL EXPORTS

255 301

234 560

20 741

8.8

IMPORTS

256 902

229 256

27 646

12.1

TRADE BALANCE

-1 601

5 304

-6 905

CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR SEPTEMBER

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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) PUBLISHED THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR SEPTEMBER 1986. THE NEW CPI(A) AND NEW CPI(B) (OCTOBER 84-SEPTEMBER 85 - 100) FOR SEPTEMBER 1986 WERE 104.6 AND 104.9 RESPECTIVELY.

COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1986 AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, THE NEW CP1(A) AND NEW CPI(B) BOTH INCREASED BY 0.6 PER CENT.

THE 1979-80-BASED CPI(A) AND CPI(B) FOR SEPTEMBER 1986 WERE 165.3 AND 166.6 RESPECTIVELY, REPRESENTING INCREASES OF 1.5 PER CENT AND 2.6 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY OVER SEPTEMBER 1985. COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1986, CPI(A) INCREASED BY 0.5 PER CENT AND CPI(B), BY 0.6 PER CENT.

/THE AVERAGE

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