XN000022-1990-04-27 — Page 7

I

ON

FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1990

LAST MONTH

MARCH 1990

HK$ MN,

FEBRUARY

1990 HK$ MN.

INCREASE

HK$ MN.

X

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

16,512

13,311

3,201 24.0

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(34.9%)

(35.3%)

RE-EXPORTS

30,743

24,446

6,297 25.8

TOTAL EXPORTS

47,255

37.767

9,498

25.2

IMPORTS

51,117

40,473

10,644

26.3

TRADE BALANCE

-3,862

-2,716

-1,146

APR 89

APR 88

то

LAST 12 MONTHS

MAR 90

HK$ MN.

TO MAR 89 HK$ MN.

INCREASE

HK$ MN.

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

222,637

221.422

1,215

0.5

RE-EXPORTS

354.433

297,658

56,775

19.1

TOTAL EXPORTS

577.070

519,080

57,990

11.2

IMPORTS

565,431

529,962

35,469

6.7

TRADE BALANCE

11,639

-10,882

22,521

CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR MARCH PUBLISHED

*

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR MARCH 1990.

(FRIDAY)

PUBLISHED

IN MARCH THE CPI(A) WAS 10.0 PER CENT HIGHER THAN CORRESPONDING RATES OF INCREASE WERE 9.8 PER CENT IN JANUARY PER CENT IN FEBRUARY.

1989.

AND

8.

THE 4

WAS CPI(B) THE

9.6 PER CENT OVER THE SAME PERIOD,

HIGHER, 8.3 PER CENT IN FOLLOWING INCREASES OF 9.5 PER CENT IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.

PARTICULARLY

MOVEMENTS

CHANGES TEND CHINESE NEW

YEAR. LOW. THESE

OF

DURING THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE YEAR, PRICE TO BE AFFECTED CONSIDERABLY BY THE TIMING OF THE MOREOVER, THE BASE OF COMPARISON IN MARCH 1989 WAS

ΤΟ

PRICE COMPARE THUS IT WOULD BE USEFUL MONTHS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.

THE

PER

FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1990, THE CPI(A) INCREASED BY 9.4

IS SLOWER CENT OVER THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1989. THIS RATE OF INCREASE

AT 10.1 THAN THOSE RECORDED IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTERS OF 1989 PER CENT AND 9.9 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. .

/AS REGARDS