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MONDAY, MAY 9, 1988

TABLE 2: INCREASES IN IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY

COMPARING JAN-FEB 1988

WITH JAN-FEB 1987

COMPARING FEB 1988

WITH FEB 1987

END-USE CATEGORY

UNIT

UNIT

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

VALUE

VALUE VOLUME

X

%

%

*

X

FOODSTUFFS

17

G

13

21

3

17

CONSUMER GOODS

39

3

35

25

21

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

26

6

19

17

6

11

FUELS

15

6

9

-38

-40

CAPITAL GOODS

28

7

19

18

7

11

ALL COMMODITIES

29

5

23

18

5

13

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

COMPARING JAN-FEB 1988

WITH JAN-FEB 1987

COMPARING FEB 1988

WITH FEB 1987

END-USE CATEGORY

UNIT

VALUE VALUE

VOLUME

VALUE

UNIT VALUE

VOLUME

%

X

X

%%

X

FOODSTUFFS

37

1

36

46

46

CONSUMER GOODS

56

2

53

59

2

56

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

52

5

LO

44

44

сл

5

37

FUELS

-10

4

- 14

-35

-35

CAPITAL GOODS

43

2

41

43

2

41

ALL COMMODITIES

52

46

50

3

45

NOTES FOR TABLES 1 TO 3:

INSIGNIFICANT, I.E. LESS THAN 0.5 PER CENT

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

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