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TABLE 6: RE-EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION

COMMODITY

DIVISION

MAY 1989

(HKD MN.}

MAY 89 OVER MAY 88 (%)

JAN-MAY

1989

JAN-MAY 89 OVER

(HKD MN.)

JAN-MAY 88

( % )

TEXTILE YARN,

FABRICS,

MADE-UP ARTICLES AND

RELATED PRODUCTS

3,836

+33

16,384

+30

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,

APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES,

AND ELECTRICAL PARTS

THEREOF

2,819

+27

13,773

+41

MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES (MAINLY BABY

CARRIAGES, TOYS,

GAMES

AND SPORTING GOODS)

3,027

+44

12,628

+47

ARTICLES OF APPAREL

AND CLOTHING

ACCESSORIES

2,612

+55

12,602

+45

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND

SOUND RECORDING AND

REPRODUCING APPARATUS

AND EQUIPMENT

2,144

+51

9,811

+65

PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS,

EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES,

OPTICAL GOODS,

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

1,143

+39

5,146

+40

SURVEY OF RESTAURANT RECEIPTS, PURCHASES FOR FIRST QUARTER

* * *

THE VALUE OF TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE ENTIRE RESTAURANT SECTOR IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1989, ESTIMATED AT $7,753 MILLION, WAS

18 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE SAME QUARTER OF 1988, WHILE THE VOLUME WAS 3 PER CENT HIGHER, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE

PROVISIONAL ESTIMATE OF TOTAL PURCHASES BY RESTAURANTS THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1989 WAS $3,301 MILLION, WHICH WAS 19 PER CENT HIGHER IN VALUE TERMS THAN IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1988.

IN

/ANALYSED BY