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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1988

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD AS WELL AS RICE.

THE IMPORT VOLUME

OF CONSUMER GOODS THE COMMODITIES WITH MORE SUBSTANTIAL TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES; PASSENGER GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS,

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, INCREASED BY 31 PER CENT. INCREASES INCLUDED HOUSEHOLD MOTOR CARS AS WELL AS RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND

1987

SEMI-MANUFACTURES ROSE BY 23 PER CENT IN NOVEMBER

COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1986. THE MAJOR INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RAW COTTON; PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS AND COMPOUNDS AS WELL AS MAN-MADE FIBRËS.

DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED IN WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR AS WELL AS COTTON YARN AND THREAD.

IMPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 9 PER CENT NOVEMBER 1987 AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1986.

IN

VOLUME

TERMS

IN

FOR THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED 30 PER CENT IN NOVEMBER 1987 WHEN COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER WERE SUBSTANTIAL

TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT

INCREASES

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.

IN

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR NOVEMBER 1987 AS COMPARED WITH ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.

OF

BY

1986. THERE

AS

WELL AS

OF RE-EXPORTS NOVEMBER 1986

MOST END-USK

NOVEMBER FOR

AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME

1987 WHEN COMPARED CATEGORIES INCREASED IN NOVEMBER

WITH FOODSTUFFS TO 67 PER CENT 1986, RANGING FROM 15 PER CENT FOR

OF FUELS DECREASED CAPITAL GOODS. HOWEVER, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY 58 PER CENT.

NOVEMBER 1987 ISSUE FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE

OF

WILL BE THE "HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS" WHICH

ON SALE AT THE $2.5 PER GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE AROUND FEBRUARY 12 AT COPY.

ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT MAY

AT SERVICES DEPARTMENT DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION

FRENCH

BE

MISSION

THE

BUILDING, HONG KONG (5-8428802) AND ENQUIRIES ON TRADE INDEXES TO CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (5-8234918).

TABLE 1: