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FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1991

AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 10% IN MAY 1991 OVER MAY 1990.

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THE IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED IN SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; OFFICE MACHINES; TEXTILE MACHINERY; INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY (OTHER THAN TEXTILE AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY); AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED IN TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT; AND CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY.

COMPARING MAY 1991 WITH MAY 1990, THE IMPORT PRICES OF ALL END- USE CATEGORIES INCREASED: FUELS (+4%); CAPITAL GOODS (+3%); CONSUMER GOODS (+2%); RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+2%); AND FOODSTUFFS (+1%).

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR MAY 1991 AS COMPARED WITH MAY 1990 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.

COMPARING MAY 1991 WITH MAY 1990, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES: CAPITAL GOODS (+33%); CONSUMER GOODS (+27%); RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+25%); FOODSTUFFS (+21%); AND FUELS (+17%).

THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN MAY 1991 AS COMPARED WITH MAY 1990: FUELS (+6%); FOODSTUFFS (+3%)} CAPITAL GOODS (+3%); CONSUMER GOODS (+2%); AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI- MANUFACTURES (+0.4%).

FURTHER DETAILS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE MAY 1991 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS" WHICH WILL BE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AROUND AUGUST 15 AT HK$4.00 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 1991 WITH MAY 1990

COMPARING JAN-MAY 1991 WITH JAN-MAY 1990

COMMODITY GROUP

VALUE

UNIT VALUE VOLUME

VALUE

UNIT VALUE

VOLUME

%

X

X

%

*

CLOTHING

4

-1

5

3

2

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