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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1988

TABLE 2: INCREASES IN IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY

COMPARING JAN-NOV 1987

WITH JAN-NOV 1986

COMPARING NOV 1987

WITH NOV 1986

END-USE CATEGORY

UNIT

UNIT

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

X

%

X

FOODSTUFFS

12

1

10

20

2

18

CONSUMER GOODS

41

4

36

36

4

31

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

39

4

34

29

5

23

FUELS

6

3

3

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18

-9

CAPITAL GOODS

42

7

33

42

30

ALL COMMODITIES.

36

31

32

5

25

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

COMPARING JAN-NOV 1987

WITH JAN-NOV 1986

COMPARING NOV 1987

WITH NOV 1986

END-USE CATEGORY

VALUE X

UNIT VALUE

UNIT

VOLUME

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

X

%

X

%

FOODSTUFFS

13

- 1

14

13

- 1

15

CONSUMER GOODS

57

2

54

47

2

44

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

47

3

43

39

6

31

FUELS

-8

10

-16

-51

16

-58

CAPITAL GOODS

47

48

68

1

67

ALL COMMODITIES

49

2

46

43

3

38

NOTES FOR TABLES 1 TO 3:

INSIGNIFICANT, I.E. LESS THAN 0.5 PER CENT

TAKEN "HONG KONG

то

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

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