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THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1990

FURTHER DETAILS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE FEBRUARY 1990 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 MAY 14 AT $3 PER COPY.

ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT FRENCH MISSION BUILDING, HONG KONG (TEL. NO.: 842 8802) AND ENQUIRIES ON TRADE INDEXES TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO.: 823 4918).

TABLE 1: CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY GROUP

COMPARING FEB 1990

WITH FEB 1989

COMPARING JAN-FEB 1990

WITH JAN-FEB 1989

UNIT

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

VALUE

UNIT VALUE

COMMODITY GROUP

%%%

%

%

%

%

VOLUME

%

CLOTHING

-19

2

-21

4

3

6

TEXTILE FABRICS

18

15

11

4

6

TEXTILE YARN AND

THREAD

1

2

- 3

ז

9

4

-13

TEXTILE MADE-UPS

AND RELATED

ARTICLES

-34

4

-37

-13

5

-17

RADIOS OF ALL

KINDS

-40

*

-41

-33

-33

ELECTRONIC

COMPONENTS

26

1

25

9

1

FOOTWEAR

-27

-

2

-25

-25

-25

METAL MANUFACTURES

-18

7

-23

-22

6

-27

METAL ORES AND

SCRAP

-36

6

-32

-30

-27

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

- 2

1

- 1

1

1

TRAVEL GOODS,

HANDBAGS AND

SIMILAR ARTICLES

-24

1

-25

-20

-23

/DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL