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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1991

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

20,364

21,178

- 814

-3.8

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(30.1%)

(30.4%)

RE-EXPORTS

47,205

48,507

-1,302

-2.7

TOTAL EXPORTS

67,569

69,685

-2,116

-3.0

IMPORTS

66.755

69,082

-2,327

-3.4

TRADE BALANCE

814

603

211

CALENDAR YEAR TO-DATE

JAN-AUG

1991

JAN-AUG 1990

INCREASE

HK$ MN.

HK$ MN.

HK$ MN.

%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

146,467

142,075

4,392

3.1

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(30.8%)

(35.5%)

RE-EXPORTS

328,825

257,594

71,231

27.7

TOTAL EXPORTS

475,292

399,669

75,623

18.9

IMPORTS

495,058

402,017

93,041

23.1

TRADE BALANCE

-19,766

-2,348

-17,418

LAST 12 MONTHS

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

RE-EXPORTS

TOTAL EXPORTS

IMPORTS

TRADE BALANCE

SEP 90 TO

SEP 89 TO

INCREASE

AUG 91

HK$ MN.

AUG 90 HK$ MN.

HK$ MN.

%

230,267

221,793

8.474

3.8

485,230

379,647

105,583

27.8

715,497

601.440

114,057

19.0

735,572

591,475

144,097

24.4

-20,075

9,965

-30,040

CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR AUGUST RELEASED

*

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

ACCORDING ΤΟ FIGURES RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY), THE 1984/85-BASED CPI(A) FOR AUGUST 1991 WAS. 12.7% HIGHER THAN IN AUGUST 1990.

THIS RATE OF INCREASE WAS SIMILAR TO THAT OF 12.6% RECORDED JULY 1991. HOWEVER, BOTH FIGURES WERE STILL LOWER THAN THE FIGURE OF 13.9% RECORDED IN APRIL 1991.

IN

PRAK

THE 1984/85-BASED CPI(B) FOR AUGUST 1991 WAS 12.0% HIGHER THAN IN AUGUST 1990. THIS RATE OF INCREASE WAS ALSO SIMILAR TO THAT OF 11.9% RECORDED IN JULY 1991 BUT LOWER THAN THE PEAK FIGURE OF 13.0% RECORDED IN APRIL 1991.

THE FOODSTUFFS, HOUSING AND SERVICES COMPONENTS CONTRIBUTED MOST TO THE RATE OF INCREASE IN CONSUMER PRICES IN AUGUST 1991.

/THE PRICES