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NOTES FOR TABLES 1 TO 3:

*

INSIGNIFICANT, I.E. LESS THAN 0.5 PER CENT

PERCENTAGE CHANGES ARE CALCULATED FROM TRADE INDEXES WITH DECIMAL PLACES. THEY MAY DIFFER FROM THE PERCENTAGE CHANGES COMPUTED DIRECTLY FROM THE ROUNDED FIGURES IN THE PUBLICATION "HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS".

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TABLE 2: INCREASES IN IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY

COMPARING AUGUST 1988

WITH AUGUST 1987

COMPARING JAN-AUG 1988

WITH JAN-AUG 1987

END-USE CATEGORY

UNIT

UNIT

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

X

%

%

%

ช

FOODSTUFFS

18

14

21

3

17

CONSUMER GOODS

40

4

35

34

3

29

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

35

30

29

5

23

FUELS

19

-7

29

5

CAPITAL GOODS

49

5

42

37

6

29

ALL COMMODITIES

37

32

31

25

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

COMPARING AUGUST 1988

WITH AUGUST 1987

COMPARING JAN-AUG 1988

WITH JAN-AUG 1987

END-USE CATEGORY

UNIT

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

VALUE

UNIT VALUE

VOLUME

%

%

%

X

FOODSTUFFS

42

3

38

45

1

43

CONSUMER GOODS

60

2

57

47

2

44

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

50

4

45

49

4

42

FUELS

122

-18

173

29

-7

39

CAPITAL GOODS

73

6

63

52

4

46

ALL COMMODITIES

57

53

48

3

43

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