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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1987

RADIOS OF ALL KINDS

56

-6

66

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

1

-7

8

FOOTWEAR

16

1

16

METAL MANUFACTURES

30

2

27

METAL ORES AND SCRAP

-14

-2

-12

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

26

תי

21

TRAVEL GOODS HANDBAGS AND

SIMILAR ARTICLES

10

4

6

DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES

22

-1

23

ALL COMMODITIES

33

3

30

NOTE:

PERCENTAGE CHANGES ARE CALCULATED FROM TRADE INDEXES TAKEN TO MORE DECIMAL PLACES THAN THOSE TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE + HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS+. THEY MAY THEREFORE DIFFER FROM THE PERCENTAGE CHANGES TO BE COMPUTED FROM THE PUBLISHED FIGURES.

TABLE 2: INCREASES IN IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY

COMPARING JANUARY 1987

WITH JANUARY 1986

END-USE CATEGORY

UNIT

VALUE

VALUE

%

$%

VOLUME

%

FOODSTUFFS

6

1

5

CONSUMER GOODS

31

7

22

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

29

3

25

FUELS

-34

-34

1

CAPITAL GOODS

31

10

18

ALL COMMODITIES

25

4

21

23

/TABLE 3: