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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1988

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FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE AUGUST 1988 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS** WHICH WILL BE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, OPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AROUND NOVEMBER 10 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. 5-8428802) AND ENQUIRIES ON TRADE TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. 5-8234918).

INDEXES

TABLE 1: INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP.

COMPARING AUGUST 1988

WITH AUGUST 1987

COMPARING JAN-AUG 1988

WITH JAN-AUG 1987

COMMODITY GROUP

UNIT

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

VALUE

UNIT VALUE

VOLUME

X

%

%%

%%

X

X

CLOTHING

- 1

*

←

TEXTILE FABRICS

-8

1

*

3

-

.8

-2

3

-5

??

TEXTILE YARN AND

THREAD

10

- 1

11

-4

01

2

-6

TEXTILE MADE-UPS

AND RELATED ARTICLES

20

15

1

5

-4

RADIOS OF ALL KINDS

-36

-2

-35

-31

441

2

-32

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

46

-5

53

39

-2

41

FOOTWEAR

4

1

2

4

METAL MANUFACTURES

38

5

31

29

5

23

METAL ORES AND SCRAP

1

4

-3

22

5

17

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

23

3

19

24

3

21

TRAVEL GOODS,

HANDBAGS AND

SIMILAR ARTICLES

- 12

4

-9

-8

1

-9

DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL

APPLIANCES

-6

-10

2

2

ALL COMMODITIES

11

1

10

11

3

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