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THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1987

AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN MAY 1987 WHEN COMPARED WITH MAY 1986, RANGING FROM 11 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS TO 56 PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS. HOWEVER, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 45 PER CENT.

FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE MAY 1987 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS" AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AROUND AUGUST 10 AT HK$2.5 PER COPY.

ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THE REPORT MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT BASKERVILLE HOUSE ON 5-214375 AND ENQUIRIES ON TRADE INDICES TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON 5-8234918.

TABLE 1: INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP

COMPARING JAN-MAY 1987 WITH JAN-MAY 1986

COMPARING MAY 1987 WITH MAY 1986

COMMODITY GROUP

UNIT

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

VALUE

UNIT VALUE

VOLUME

%

%

%

%

%

X

CLOTHING

25

8

17

40

30

TEXTILE FABRICS

76

69

74

5

66

TEXTILE YARN AND

THREAD

54

48

36

6

29

TEXTILE MADE-UPS

AND RELATED

ARTICLES

13

4

9

1

7

RADIOS OF ALL

KINDS

37

38

13

10

ELECTRONIC

COMPONENTS

3

-4

7

1

7

FOOTWEAR

14

3

11

19

16

METAL MANUFACTURES

30

1

29

27

1

25

METAL ORES AND

SCRAP

32

-3

36

66

66

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