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FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1988

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

BY 22 PER CENT IN OCTOBER 1987 COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1986.

THE MAJOR

INCREASES

WERZ

VEGETABLE MATERIALS;

OF FABRICS

IN

RECORDED

CRUDE ANIMAL WOOL AND MIXTURES: WOOD, AND CORK; RAW COTTON AS WELL AS YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES.

ROSE

AND

LUMBER

A DECREASE IN IMPORT VOLUME WAS RECORDED IN IRON AND STEEL.

IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 28 PER CENT IN

OCTOBER 1987 AS COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1986.

VOLUME TERMS IN

FOR THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED 6 PER CENT IN OCTOBER 1987 WHEN COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1986.

BY

THERE WERE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES

IN ELECTRICAL,

MACHINERY AS

WELI. AS OFFICE MACHINES.

WERE RECORDED

IN

TRANSPORT

DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME EQUIPMENT AS WELL AS CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY.

OF RE-EXPORTS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME

COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1986 BY IND-USE CATEGORY FOR OCTOBER 1987 AS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.

OF MANY END-USE AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME

1986, CATEGORIES INCREASED IN OCTOBER 1987 WHEN COMPARED WITH OCTOBER

AND SEMI-MANUFACTURED TO RANGING FROM 29 PER CENT FOR RAW MATERIALS

RE-EXPORTS OF 47 PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS. HOWEVER, THE VOLUME OF

46 PER CENT AND 10

CENT PER FUELS AND FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY RESPECTIVELY.

THE

FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE OCTOBER 1987 ISSUE OF

THE GOVERNMENT "HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS" AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AROUND JANUARY 12 AT HK$2.50 PER COPY.

BE ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT MAY

DEPARTMENT SERVICES

AT FRENCH MISSION DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION

AND ENQUIRIES ON TRADK BUILDING, HONG KONG (TEL. NO. :

DEPARTMENT

INDEXES

то

THE

(TEL. NO. : 5-8234918).

CENSUS

5-8428802)

AND

STATISTICS

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