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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1991

COMPARING NOVEMBER 1990 WITH NOVEMBER 1989, THE VOLUME OF EXPORTS OF CAPITAL GOODS; CONSUMER GOODS; RAW MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURES; AND FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 49 PER CENT, 46

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SEMI

PER CENT,

31 PER CENT AND 9 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 54 PER CENT.

PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN NOVEMBER 1990 AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1989: FUELS (+22 PER CENT); CONSUMER GOODS (+3 PER CENT); FOODSTUFFS (+3 PER CENT); AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+2 PER CENT) RE-EXPORT PRICES OF CAPITAL GOODS DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT.

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FURTHER DETAILS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE NOVEMBER 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 FEBRUARY 13, 1991 AT $3 PBR COPY.

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ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT MAY 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 NOV 1990 WITH NOV 1989

COMPARING JAN-NOV 1990 WITH JAN-NOV 1989

COMMODITY GROUP

UNIT

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

VALUE

UNIT VALUE

VOLUME

%

%

%

%

X

CLOTHING

4

1

2

2

-1

TEXTILE FABRICS

7

1

6

3

3

1

TEXTILE YARN AND

THREAD

ลง

2

-7

3

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TEXTILE MADE-UPS

AND RELATED

ARTICLES

-4

-2

RADIOS OF ALL

KINDS

4

6

ས ས

-2

-11

-12

-2

-29

2

-30

ELECTRONIC

COMPONENTS

30

36

19

19

FOOTWEAR

-12

6

-17

-21

3

-23

/METAL MANUFACTURES