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SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 1988

OVER THE SAME PERIOD,

THE

IMPORT VOLUME

GOODS

OF CONSUMER INCREASED BY 47 PER CENT. THE COMMODITY ITEMS WITH MORE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES INCLUDED TOBACCO MANUAFACTURES; PASSENGER MOTOR CARS; FOOTWEAR AS WELL AS WATCHES.

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND BY 28 PER CENT IN JANUARY 1988 COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1987.

THE

ANIMAL

ROSE

AND

INCREASES MAJOR

WERE RECORDED IN CRUDE VEGETABLE MATERIALS; CLAY AND REFRACTORY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, BUILDING MATERIALS, AND 80 ON,

EXCEPT GLASS; PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS AS WELL AS FABRICS OF WOOL AND MIXTURES.

WERE DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME THREAD AS WELL AS WOVEN COTTON FABRICS.

NOTED FOR COTTON YARN AND

IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 84 PER CENT IN JANUARY 1988 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1987.

VOLUME TERMS IN

IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME 29 PER CENT IN JANUARY 1988 OVER JANUARY 1987.

INCREASED BY

THERE WERE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AS WELL AS SCIENTIFIC,

OPTICAL, MEDICAL,

DECREASE APPARATUS. A MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND IMPORT VOLUME WAS RECORDED IN INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY OTHER THAN AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.

IN

TEXTILE

IN JANUARY 1988

IMPORT PRICES OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES ROSE AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1987, RANGING FROM 3 PER CENT FOR TO 10 PER CENT FOR FUELS.

FOODSTUFFS

OF RE-EXPORTS

COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1987

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR JANUARY 1988 AS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.

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

1987, CATEGORIES INCREASED IN JANUARY 1988 WHEN COMPARED WITH JANUARY RANGING FROM 10 PER CENT FOR FUELS TO 51 PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS.

CENT IN RAW MATERIALS PRICES OF CONSUMER ALL INCREASED BY 2 PER

FUELS INCREASED BY 7 PER PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF JANUARY 1988 WHEN COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1987. THOSE OF

THE PER CENT. AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES ROSE BY 5 GOODS, FOODSTUFFS AS WELL AS CAPITAL GOODS CENT,

THE

FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE JANUARY 1988 ISSUE OF

THE GOVERNMENT "HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS" AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AROUND APRIL 14 AT $2.50 PER COPY.

BE

ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT MAY

SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT FRENCH DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION

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

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