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MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1990

THE

AT CONNAUGHT

THE

FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE JANUARY 1990 ISSUE OF

WILL BE ON SALE INDEX TRADE

NUMBERS" WHICH *HONG KONG GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, PLACE, CENTRAL AROUND APRIL 12 AT $3 PER COPY.

BE ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT MAY

AT FRENCH MISSION DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT

ENQUIRIES ON TRADE BUILDING, HONG KONG (TEL. NO. : 842 8802) AND INDEXES TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO.: 823 4918).

TABLE 1: CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY GROUP

COMPARING JANUARY 1990 WITH JANUARY 1989

COMMODITY GROUP

VALUE

UNIT VALUR

%%

%

VOLUME

%

CLOTHING

9

3

6

TEXTILE FABRICS

5

5

TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD

-17

-21

TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES

6

2

RADIOS OF ALL KINDS

-27

-27

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

-6

-5

FOOTWEAR

-24

2

-26

METAL MANUFACTURES

-25

6

-29

METAL ORES AND SCRAP

-26

-3

-24

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

5

- 1

6

TRAVEL GOODS,

HANDBAGS

AND SIMILAR ARTICLES

-17

5

-21

DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL

APPLIANCES

-42

-42

ALL COMMODITIES

4

2

-5

LESS THAN 0.5 PER CENT

/TABLE 2