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SUNDAY, JULY 9, 1989

COMPARING APRIL 1989 WITH APRIL 1988, IMPORT PRICES OF ALL END- USE CATEGORIES INCREASED. IMPORT PRICES OF FUELS AND CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 9 PER CENT AND 6 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THOSE OF CAPITAL GOODS; RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES; AND FOODSTUFFS ALL INCREASED BY 3 PER CENT.

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

AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN APRIL 1989 COMPARED WITH APRIL 1988, WITH THE PERCENTAGE INCREASES RANGING FROM 8 PER CENT FOR FUELS TO 41 PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS AND CAPITAL GOODS.

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 7 PER CENT.

PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED BY 9 PER CENT IN APRIL 1989 AS COMPARED WITH APRIL 1988. RE- EXPORT PRICES OF FOODSTUFFS AND CAPITAL GOODS ROSE BY 8 PER CENT AND 7 CENT RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THOSE OF CONSUMER GOODS AND FUELS BOTH INCREASED BY 4 PER CENT.

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FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE APRIL 1989 ISSUE OF "HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS" WHICH WILL BE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AROUND JULY 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, NO. 5-8428802) AND ENQUIRIES ON TRADE INDEXES TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. 5- 8234918).

TABLE 1: INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP

COMPARING APRIL 1989 WITH APRIL 1988

COMPARING JAN-APR 1989 WITH JAN-APR 1988

COMMODITY GROUP

VALUE

UNIT VALUE

VOLUME

VALUE

UNIT VALUE

VOLUME

X

%

%%

%%

%

%%

CLOTHING

14

2

12

7

1

Co

6

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13

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13

-1

6

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THREAD

12

1

11

18

1

17

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