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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1991

5

JAN-JUL

CALENDAR YEAR TO DATE

1991

JAN-JUL 1990

INCREASE

HK$ MN.

HK$ MN.

HK$ MN.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

126,105

120,947

5,158

4.3

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(30.9%)

(35.5%)

RE-EXPORTS

281,618

219,290

62,328

28.4

TOTAL EXPORTS

407,723

340,238

67,485

19.8

IMPORTS

428,303

346,312

81,991

23.7

TRADE BALANCE

-20,580

-6,074

-14,506

AUG 90 TO

AUG 89 TO

INCREASE

LAST 12 MONTHS

JUL 91

HKS MN.

JUL 90 HK$ MN.

HK$ MN.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

REPORTS

231,034

221,890

9.144

4.1

476,326

373,169

103,157

27.6

TOTAL EXPORTS

IMPORTS

707,360

595,059

112,301

18.9

724,521

583,747

140.774

24.1

TRADE BALANCE

-17,161

11,312

-28,473

CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR JULY RELEASED

1984/85-BASED CPI'S (SEE TABLE 1)

THE 1984/85-BASED CPI(A)

IN HIGHER

RESPECTIVELY FIGURES RELEASED

BY

AND CPI(B) WERE 12.6% AND 11.9% JULY 1991 THAN IN JULY THE CENSUS AND

1990,

ACCORDING TO STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY

(WEDNESDAY).

ALTHOUGH

THESE

RATES OF INCREASE WERE

SLIGHTLY

HIGHER THAN

THOSE RECORDED IN JUNE 1991 (12.3% AND 11.8% RESPECTIVELY FOR CPI(A) AND CPI(B)), THEY WERE STILL LOWER THAN THE CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN APRIL (13.9% AND 13.0% RESPECTIVELY) AND MAY 12.4% RESPECTIVELY).

RATES OF (13.0% AND

THESE RATES OF INCREASE WERE MAINLY DUE TO HIGHER PRICES AS REGARDS THE FOODSTUFFS,

AND HOUSING COMPONENTS. SERVICES FOODSTUFFS COMPONENT, THE FLOOD IN CHINA HAD CAUSED A TEMPORARY IN THE PRICES OF CERTAIN ESSENTIAL FOODSTUFFS WHILE CHARGES FOR AT RESTAURANTS SHOWED FURTHER INCREASES.

FOR

FOR

THE

RISE

MBALS

WERE RECORDED

CINEMA AS

SERVICES, FOR

HIGHER CHARGES

MEANWHILE, HIGHER ENTERTAINMENT, PACKAGE TOURS AND MEDICAL SERVICES. RENTS WERE ALSO RECORDED FOR SOME PRIVATE HOUSING UNITS IN THE HOUSING COMPONENT.

AS

SERIES

THE

AND CPI(B) THE COMPILATION OF THE 1989/90-BASED CPI(A) ONLY BEGAN FROM OCTOBER 1990, REFERENCE HAS TO BE MADE TO 1984/85-BASED CPI'S FOR YEAR-ON-YEAR COMPARISON OF PRICE MOVEMENTS.

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