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FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1989

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TABLE 2: INCREASES IN IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY

COMPARING DECEMBER 1988

WITH DECEMBER 1987

COMPARING JAN-DEC 1988

WITH JAN-DEC 1987

END-USE CATEGORY

UNIT

UNIT

VALUR

VALUE

VOLUME

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

%

%

%

%

%%

%

FOODSTUFFS

17

3

13

20

4

16

CONSUMER GOODS

35

4

29

37

4

32

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

28

4

24

31

5

25

FUELS

12

-9

23

-4

CAPITAL GOODS

27

3

23

36

5

29

ALL COMMODITIES

29

4

25

32

4

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

COMPARING DECEMBER 1988

WITH DECEMBER 1987

COMPARING JAN-DEC 1988

WITH JAN-DEC 1987

END-USE CATEGORY

UNIT

UNIT

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

X

%%

%%

FOODSTUFFS

40

5

34

43

2

40

CONSUMER GOODS

57

1

55

51

2

48

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

40

сл

5

32

49

5

42

FUELS

30

-19

60

41

-11

58

CAPITAL GOODS

47

38

56

5

49

ALL COMMODITIES

48

4

42

51

3

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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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