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SUNDAY, JULY 9, 1989

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

COMPARING APRIL 1989

WITH APRIL 1988

COMPARING JAN-APR 1989 WITH JAN-APR 1988

END-USE CATEGORY

UNIT

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

VALUE

UNIT VALUE

VOLUME

%%

%

%%

%

ย

FOODSTUFFS

8

-7

23

7

15

CONSUMER GOODS

48

4

41

46

4

40

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

25

9

15

31

8

21

FUELS

13

4

8

42

46

CAPITAL

GOODS

50

7

41

57

7

47

ALL COMMODITIES

36

7

28

40

6

32

NOTE FOR TABLES 1 TO 3:

* INSIGNIFICANT, I.E. LESS THAN 0.5 PER CENT

JUNE AN EXCEPTIONALLY DRY MONTH

*

IN

SHARP IN

CONTRAST WITH THE PREVIOUS MONTH, JUNE ITS EXCEPTIONALLY DRY MONTH, THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY REPORT TODAY (SUNDAY).

SAID

WAS AN MONTHLY

DAYS DURING THE MONTH, 137.5 MILLIMETRES, WHICH REPRESENTS ONLY 32 PER

ALTHOUGH RAINFALL WAS RECORDED ON 25 THE MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTED TO ONLY IS THE EIGHTH LOWEST ON RECORD FOR JUNE AND CENT OF THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF 431.8 MILLIMETRES.

HOWEVER, WITH THE LARGE SURPLUS IN MAY, THE TOTAL

19 STILL SINCE JANUARY 1 WAS 1,184.9 MILLIMETRES WHICH IS ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 992.9 MILLIMETRES FOR THE SAME PERIOD.

RAINFALL PER CENT

THE LOW RAINFALL WAS A RESULT OF THE RELATIVE ABSENCE OF ACTIVE SOUTH CHINA COAST. THE MEAN ATMOSPHERIC

MONTH WAS

THE HPA,

SOUTHWEST MONSOON OVER THE PRESSURE OVER HONG KONG FOR THE HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR JUNE.

1,008,1

FIFTH

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