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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1987

TABLE 1: INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP.

COMPARING JAN-AUG 1987

WITH JAN-AUG 1986

COMPARING AUG. 1987

WITH AUG. 1986

COMMODITY GROUP

UNIT

VALUE VALUE

VOLUME

VALUE

UNIT VALUE

VOLUME

X

%

%%

%

X

%

CLOTHING

29

20

30

7

21

TEXTILE FABRICS

65

5

57

42

7

33

TEXTILE YARN AND

THREAD

52

5

45

39

7

29

TEXTILE MADE-UPS

AND RELATED ARTICLES

8

5

**

4

RADIOS OF ALL KINDS

27

2

25

5

6

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ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

8

-2

11

28

*

28

FOOTWEAR

21

3

17

31

5

24

METAL MANUFACTURES

27

2

25

24

3

20

METAL ORES AND SCRAP

55

1

53

131

9

11,2

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

17

1

16

17

-1

18

TRAVEL GOODS,

HANDBAGS AND

SIMILAR ARTICLES

5

6

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DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL

APPLIANCES

ALL COMMODITIES

22

4

17

3

2

1

31

27

25

3

22

NOTES FOR TABLES 1 TO 3:

INSIGNIFICANT, I.E. LESS THAN 0.5 PER CENT

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

TAKEN TO "HONG KONG

PERCENTAGE

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