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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1988

WERE

PLASTIC

THE MAJOR INCREASES

RECORDED IN MATERIALS; WATCH AND CLOCK MOVEMENTS, CASES AND PARTS; BASE METALS OTHER THAN IRON AND STEEL; AND THERMIONIC AND TUBES, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS.

DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR THREAD; AND WOVEN COTTON FABRICS.

IMPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 23 PER CENT IN JUNE 1988 COMPARED WITH JUNE 1987.

MOULDING FABRICS;

SILK CATHODE VALVES

COTTON YARN AND

VOLUME TERMS IN

IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME 35 PER CENT IN JUNE 1988 OVER JUNE 1987.

INCREASED BY

MACHINES; MEASURING

THERE WERE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN OFFICE CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY; AND SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS. A VOLUME WAS RECORDED IN TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT.

DECREASE IN IMPORT

1988 AS

IMPORT PRICES OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES ROSE IN JUNE COMPARED WITH JUNE 1987, RANGING FROM 3 PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS TO 5 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS. PRICES OF IMPORTS OF FUELS BY 1 PER CENT.

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

DECREASED

OF RE-EXPORTS JUNE 1987 ARE

AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME CATEGORIES INCREASED IN

OF ALL END-USE JUNE 1988 WHEN COMPARED RANGING FROM 16 PER CENT FOR FUELS TO 51 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS.

WITH JUNE 1987,

PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF CAPITAL GOODS; AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES BOTH INCREASED BY 4 PER CENT COMPARED WITH JUNE 1987.

RAW MATERIALS AND IN JUNE 1988 WHEN

RE-EXPORT PRICES OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED WHILE THOSE OF FOODSTUFFS ROSE BY 1 PER CENT. ON PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS DROPPED BY 5 PER CENT.

BY 3 PER CENT, THE OTHER HAND,

TRADE

PUBLICATIONS

FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE JUNE 1988 ISSUE OF THE INDEX NUMBERS" WHICH WILL BE ON SALE AT THE CENTRE, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AROUND

"HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SEPTEMBER 12 AT $2.50 PER COPY.

ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT MAY

DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION

SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT

ON

BE FRENCH MISSION TRADE INDEXES

BUILDING, HONG KONG (TEL. 5-8428802) AND ENQUIRIES TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. 5-8234918).

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