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MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1989

THE

IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES BY 22 PER CENT IN JANUARY 1989 COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1988.

WOOL

ROSE

WATERIN

THE MAJOR INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF

FABRICS FOR FABRICS; SPECIAL TEXTILE

SILK

INDUSTRIAL

PURPOSE; DECREASES

IMPORT

VEGETABLE

MATERIALS; MATERIALS,

OTHER ANIMAL HAIR; AND COTTON YARN AND THREAD. VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR CRUDE ANIMAL

CLAY AND REFRACTORY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, BUILDING SO ON, EXCEPT GLASS.

IMPORTS

TERMS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 18 PER CENT IN VOLUME

JANUARY 1989 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1988.

IN

IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED 33 PER CENT IN JANUARY 1989 OVER JANUARY 1988. THERE WERE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY OTHER THAN TEXTILE AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY; SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; AND OFFICE

MEASURING MACHINES.

AND

DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT AND TEXTILE MACHINERY.

COMPARING JANUARY 1989 WITH JANUARY 1988, IMPORT PRICES OF MOST BY END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED: RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES 5 PER CENT, CONSUMER GOODS BY 5 PER CENT, CAPITAL GOODS BY 4 PER CENT,

BY 3 PER CENT, HOWEVER, PRICES OF AND FOODSTUFFS

OF IMPORTS

FUELS

DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT.

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR JANUARY 1989 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1988 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.

AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF ALL END-USE WITH CATEGORIES INCREASED IN JANUARY 1989 COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1989, THE PERCENTAGE INCREASES RANGING FROM 30 PER CENT FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES TO 55 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS.

PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED BY 8 PER CENT IN JANUARY 1988 COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1988. RE-EXPORT PRICES OF CAPITAL GOODS ROSE BY 7 PER CENT, WHILE THOSE OF FOODSTUFFS AND CONSUMER GOODS ROSE BY 5 PER CENT AND 3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. ON THE OTHER HAND, PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS DROPPED BY 7 PER CENT.

FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE JANUARY 1989 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS" WHICH WILL BE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AROUND APRIL 15 AT $2.50 PER COPY.

ENQUIRIES REGARDING