FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1990
PRICES
IN INCREASED AUGUST 1990 AS COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1989: FUELS (+6 PER CENT); CONSUMER GOODS (+3 PER CENT); RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+2 PER CENT); AND CAPITAL GOODS (+1 PER CENT). RE-EXPORT PRICES OF FOODSTUFFS WERE VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED.
OF RE-EXPORTS OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES
FURTHER DETAILS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE AUGUST 1990 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS" WHICH WILL BE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE ON THE GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AROUND NOVEMBER 15 AT $3 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT MAY BE DIRECTED TO 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 AUG 1990 WITH AUG 1989
COMPARING JAN-AUG 1990 WITH JAN-AUG 1989
COMMODITY GROUP
VALUE
UNIT
VALUE
VOLUME
VALUE
UNIT VALUE
VOLUME
%
%%
%
%
%
%%
CLOTHING
- 1
2
-3
*
2
-2
TEXTILE FABRICS
-8
2
-9
3
3
TEXTILE YARN AND
THREAD
3
2
1
-8
ہے
4
-11
TEXTILE MADE-UPS
AND RELATED
ARTICLES
-29
-2
-27
-10
1
-11
RADIOS OF ALL
KINDS
-36
4
-39
-37
1
-37
ELECTRONIC
COMPONENTS
27
1
26
17
41
2
14
FOOTWEAR
-16
4
-19
-23
2
-24
METAL MANUFACTURES
-8
3
-11
-16
6
-20
METAL ORES AND
SCRAP
-5
-5
*
-18
-6
-13
WATCHES AND CLOCKS
2
1
1
4
-
- 1
5
TRAVEL GOODS,
HANDBAGS AND
SIMILAR ARTICLES
-18
1
-19
-18
-21
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