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ON

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1987

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

16

2

14

20

TRAVEL GOODS,

HANDBAGS AND

SIMILAR ARTICLES

DOMESTIC

ELECTRICAL

APPLIANCES

ALL COMMODITIES

3

-1

- 1

-3

*

20

לון

5

-8

25

20

28

6

21

32

3

28

33

3

30

NOTES FOR TABLES 1 TO 3:

* INSIGNIFICANT, I.E. LESS THAN 0.5 PER CENT

TAKEN TO THE "HONG FROM THE

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

TABLE 2: INCREASES IN IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY

COMPARING JAN-MAY 1987 WITH JAN-MAY 1986

COMPARING MAY 1987 WITH MAY 1986

END-USE CATEGORY

UNIT

UNIT

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

%

%

X

%%

X

%

FOODSTUFFS

11

1

10

7

2

6

CONSUMER GOODS

47

5

40

44

4

39

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

45

3

41

43

3

39

FUELS

-15

-16

2

-3

5

-

8

CAPITAL GOODS

38

9

27

45

8

35

ALL COMMODITIES

39

4

34

39

34

/TABLE 3:

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