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FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1990

BY

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS END-USE CATEGORY FOR MAY 1990 AS COMPARED WITH MAY 1989 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.

THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY BY 49 PER CENT. RE-EXPORTS OF ALL OTHER END-USE CATEGORIES ALSO INCREASED IN VOLUME TERMS IN MAY 1990 AS COMPARED WITH MAY 1989: CONSUMER GOODS (+38 PER CENT); CAPITAL GOODS (+13 PER CENT); FOODSTUFFS

PER CENT); AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+5 PER CENT).

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PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN MAY 1990 COMPARED WITH MAY 1989: FUELS (+8 PER CENT); CONSUMER GOODS (+3 PER CENT); RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+3 PER CENT); CAPITAL GOODS (+1 PER CENT) AND FOODSTUFFS (+1 PER CENT).

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

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ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT MAY DIRECTED ΤΟ THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT FRENCH MISSION BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH, 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 MAY 1990 WITH MAY 1989

COMPARING JAN-MAY 1990 WITH JAN-MAY 1989

COMMODITY GROUP

VALUE

UNIT VALUE

UNIT

VOLUME

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

%

%

%

ม

%%

%%

CLOTHING

TEXTILE FABRICS

10

2

8

1

2

-1

3

1

5

2

TEXTILE YARN AND

THREAD

-8

ลง

2

-10

-10

4

-13

TEXTILE MADE-UPS

AND RELATED

ARTICLES

-23

1

-23

-8

3

-10

RADIOS OF ALL

KINDS

-41

-41

-35

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ELECTRONIC

COMPONENTS

39

5

32

18

3

15

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