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THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1988

IMPORT PRICES OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES ROSE IN APRIL 1988 AS COMPARED WITH APRIL 1987, RANGING FROM 3 PER CENT FOR CONSUMER · GOODS TO 6 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS. ON THE OTHER HAND, PRICES OF IMPORTS OF FUELS DROPPED BY 1 PER CENT.

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR APRIL 1988 AS COMPARED WITH APRIL 1987 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.

AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN APRIL 1988 WHEN COMPARED WITH APRIL 1987, RANGING FROM 39 PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS TO 120 PER CENT FOR FUELS,

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

THOSE OF CAPITAL GOODS ROSE BY 3 PER CENT. RE-EXPORT PRICES OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT, WHILE THOSE OF FOODSTUFFS ROSE BY 1 PER CENT. ON THE OTHER HAND, PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS DROPPED BY 13 PER CENT.

FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE APRIL 1988 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS" AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AROUND JULY 14 AT $2.50 PER COPY.

ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT FRENCH MISSION BUILDING, HONG KONG (TEL. NO. : 5-8428802) AND ENQUIRIES ON TRADE INDEXES TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL.

NO. 5-8234918).

:

TABLE 1: INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP

COMPARING APRIL 1988

WITH APRIL 1987

COMPARING JAN-APR 1988

WITH JAN-APR 1987

COMMODITY GROUP

UNIT

VALUE

VALUE

1

X

VOLUME

%

VALUE

UNIT VALUE

VOLUME

CLOTHING

– 4

4

-7

5

5

*

TEXTILE

FABRICS

- 4

4

-8

4

5

- 1

TEXTILE YARN AND

THREAD

-9

3

CA

-11

сл

-13

TEXTILE MADE-UPS

AND RELATED ARTICLES

- 1

6

-6

3

6

-3

RADIOS OF ALL KINDS

-29

3

-32

-27

5

30

ELECTRONIC COMPONENETS