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MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1987

NOTES FOR TABLES 1 TO 3 :

* INSIGNIFICANT, J.E. LESS THAN 0.5%

то

PERCENTAGE CHANGES ARE CALCULATED FROM TRADE INDEXES TAKEN

IN THE "HONG MORE DECIMAL PLACES THAN THOSE TO BE PUBLISHED

THE KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS". THEY MAY THEREFORE DIFFER FROM PERCENTAGE CHANGES TO BE COMPUTED FROM THE PUBLISHED FIGURES.

TABLE 2 : INCREASES IN IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY

COMPARING JAN-SEP 1987 WITH JAN-SEP 1986

COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1987 WITH SEPTEMBER 1986

END-USE CATEGORY

UNIT

UNIT

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

%%%

*

X

器

FOODSTUFFS

CONSUMER GOODS

RAW MATERIALS AND

12

1

11

16

2

14

43

4

38

39

3

35

SEMI-MANUFACTURES 41

3

37

37

4

31

FUELS

- 1

2

20

28

-6

CAPITAL GOODS

48

7

38

71

4

65

ALL COMMODITIES

39

4

34

40

35

TABLE 3: INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY

COMPARING JAN-SEP 1987 WITH JAN-SEP 1986

COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1987 WITH SEPTEMBER 1986

END-USE CATEGORY

UNIT

UNIT

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

%

*

%%

%

*

X

FOODSTUFFS

16

-1

18

9

-1

11

60

2

56

51

3

47

CONSUMER GOODS

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES 50

FUELS

N

47

47

5

41

4

8

– 4

27

-24

CAPITAL GOODS

46

46

61

61

ALL COMMODITIES

51

N

49

48

3

44

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