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THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

BY 14 PER CENT IN MARCH 1988 COMPARED WITH MARCH 1987.

THE MAJOR

PLASTIC MOULDING

INCREASES WERE

AND CLAY

ROSE

REFRACTORY EXCEPT GLASS; AND TUBES, METALS,

RECORDED IN

VALVES CATHODE MICROCIRCUITS; AND BASE

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, BUILDING MATERIALS, AND 30 ON;

MATERIALS; THERMIONIC

DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL EXCLUDING IRON AND STEEL.

DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME THREAD; RAW COTTON; AND MAN-MADE FIBRES.

WERE NOTED FOR

COTTON

YARN AND

IMPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 16 PER CENT IN MARCH 1988 AS COMPARED WITH MARCH 1987.

VOLUME TERMS IN

INCREASED BY IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME

1987. THERE WERE SUBSTANTIAL 27 PER CENT IN MARCH 1988 OVER MARCH INCREASES IN INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY OTHER THAN TEXTILE AND MACHINERY; ELECTRICAL MACHINERY; AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT. IN IMPORT VOLUME WAS RECORDED IN CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY.

ELECTRICAL A DECREASE

1988 AS CONSUMER GOOD9

IMPORT PRICES OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES ROSE IN MARCH COMPARED WITH MARCH 1987, RANGING FROM 3 PER CENT FOR TO 7 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL, GOODS.

OF RE-EXPORTS WITH MARCH 1987 ARE

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

VOLUME

AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT

OF ALL END-USE WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH CATEGORIES INCREASED IN MARCH 1988

1987, RANGING FROM 21 PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS TO 49 PER CENT FOR FUELS.

PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED BY 5 PER CENT IN MARCH 1988 WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1987.

BY 3 THOSE OF CAPITAL GOODS ROSE

PER CENT. RE-EXPORT PRICES OF CENT, WHILE THOSE OF FOODSTUFFS CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 2 PER

OF FUELS ROSE BY 1 PER CENT. ON THE OTHER HAND, PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS DROPPED BY 5 PER CENT.

FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE MARCH 1988 "HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS" AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AROUND JUNE 14 AT $2.50 PER COPY.

ISSUR OF THE THE GOVERNMENT

BE ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT MAY

SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION

FRENCH MISSION

BUILDING, HONG KONG

5-8428802) AND

TRADE

(TEL. NO.

ENQUIRIES ON INDEXES TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO.

5-8231918).

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