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TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1990

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR OCTOBER 1989 AS COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1888 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.

AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF FUELS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY

BY

120 PER CENT. THOSE OF CONSUMER GOODS AND CAPITAL GOODS ALSO INCREASED BY 36 PER CENT AND 5 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. HOWEVER, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF FOODSTUFFS AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES DECREASED, BY 13 PER CENT AND 9 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

PRICES OF

RE-EXPORTS OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN OCTOBER 1989 AS COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1988: FUELS (+23 PER CENT); CONSUMER GOODS (+6 PER CENT); RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+6 PER CENT); CAPITAL GOODS (+4 PER CENT) AND FOODSTUFFS (+3 PER CENT).

FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE OCTOBER 1989 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS" WHICH WILL BE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AROUND JANUARY 11 AT $2.50 PER COPY.

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ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT MAY DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT FRENCH MISSION BUILDING, HONG KONG (TEL. NO. : 8428802) AND ENQUIRIES ON TRADE INDEXES TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO.: 8234918).

TABLE 1: CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY GROUP

COMPARING OCTOBER 1989 WITH OCTOBER 1988

COMPARING JAN-OCT 1989 WITH JAN-OCT 1988

COMMODITY GROUP

VALUE

UNIT VALUE

UNIT

VOLUME

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

%%

%

%%

%

%

CLOTHING

11

4

8

5

TEXTILE FABRICS

13

9

11

*

11

TEXTILE YARN AND

THREAD

24

4

20

13

2

10

TEXTILE MADE-UPS

AND RELATED

ARTICLES

-8

7

-14

-8

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RADIOS OF ALL

KINDS

-38

1

-39

-42

-42

ELECTRONIC

COMPONENTS

19

1

17

18

-4

23

/FOOTWEAR

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