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MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1988

TABLE 2: INCREASES IN IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY

COMPARING MAY 1988

WITH MAY 1987

COMPARING JAN-MAY 1988 WITH JAN-MAY 1987

END-USE CATEGORY

UNIT

UNIT

VALUE

VALUR

VOLUME

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

X

%

X

X

%

FOODSTUFFS

28

4

23

21

3

17

CONSUMER GOODS

28

3

24

30

3

26

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

26

5

20

27

5

20

FUELS

15

15

3

2

CAPITAL GOODS

28

6

21

33

7

24

ALL COMMODITIES

27

22

27

5

22

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

COMPARING MAY 1988

WITH MAY 1987

COMPARING JAN-MAY 1988 WITH JAN-MAY 1987

END-USE CATEGORY

UNIT

UNIT

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

X

X

%

%

*

FOODSTUFFS

61

1

60

44

1

42

CONSUMER GOODS

39

3

35

42

2

39

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

48

5

42

48

5

41

FUELS

49

-7

60

29

- 4

34

CAPITAL GOODS

60

4

54

48

3

44

ALL COMMODITIES

46

3

41

45

3

41

NOTES FOR TABLES 1 TO 3:

* INSIGNIFICANT, I.E. LESS THAN 0.5 PER CENT

TAKEN TO

PERCENTAGE CHANGES ARE CALCULATED FROM TRADE INDEXES

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

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