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FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1990

"HONG

FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE DECEMBER 1989 ISSUE OF THE KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS" WHICH WILL BE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AROUND MARCH 12 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 DEC 1989 WITH DEC 1988

COMPARING JAN-DEC 1989 WITH JAN-DEC 1988

COMMODITY GROUP

UNIT

UNIT

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

%

%

ย

X

%%

CLOTHING

-3

4

-7

7

3

4

TEXTILE FABRICS

5

3

2

10

1

9

TEXTILE YARN AND

THREAD

-14

6

-19

TEXTILE MADE-UPS

AND RELATED

ARTICLES

-25

3

-27

- 12

-18

RADIOS OF ALL

KINDS

-42

-2

-41

– 41

-41

ELECTRONIC

COMPONENTS

6

*

6

18

-3

22

FOOTWEAR

-19

1

-20

-20

-19

METAL MANUFACTURES -20

5

-24

10

-12

METAL ORES AND

SCRAP

-28

-3

-25

12

1

11

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

-6

-2

-4

-

- 1

-1

TRAVEL GOODS,

HANDBAGS AND

SIMILAR ARTICLES

-2

5

-6

-13

5

-17

DOMESTIC

ELECTRICAL

APPLIANCES

ALL COMMODITIES

-29

1

-29

-22

5

-26

-6

2

3

* LESS THAN 0.5%

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