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THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1990

TABLE 3: CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY

COMPARING FEB 1990

WITH FEB 1989

COMPARING JAN-FEB 1990

WITH JAN-FEB 1989

UNIT

UNIT

VALUE VALUE

VOLUME

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

COMMODITY GROUP

%%

%

%

X

FOODSTUFFS

7

2

לום

CONSUMER GOODS

18

ות

6

9

3

-11

5

13

25

6

18

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

1

4

- 3

7

4

-11

FUELS

63

18

38

53

20

28

CAPITAL GOODS

61

2

4

1

2

4

- 5

ALL COMMODITIES

4

5

8

5

3

ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE FOR PAPERLESS TRADE

LATER ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE

(EDI) WILL COME SOONER OR

TOO SMALL AND NO COMPANY WILL BE

AND INDUSTRY, MR JOHN

IN FACT, SOONER RATHER THAN LATER TO AFFORD IT, THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE SAID THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING.

TRADE" AT THE

CHAN,

ZONTA

SAID IT MIGHT

IN A SPEECH ENTITLED "TOWARDS PAPERLESS CLUB OF KOWLOON'S ANNUAL FUND RAISING DINNER, MR CHAN BE A LITTLE EARLY YET TO START THE COUNTDOWN TOWARDS PAPERLESS TRADE.

"BUT THE GOVERNMENT IS COMMITTED TO MOVE IN THAT URGE THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO JOIN US IN THAT COMMITMENT,

T

DIRECTION. I

HE SAID.

ELECTRONIC

TRANSFER OF DATA FROM ONE ANOTHER, USING AGREED STANDARDS

TO

THE HE SAID EDI WAS INDEPENDENT COMPUTER SYSTEM TO STRUCTURE THE DATA.

/IT EMERGED