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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1991

FURTHER DETAILS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE JULY 1991 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 OCTOBER 14 AT $4 PER 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 JUL 1991 WITH JUL 1990

COMPARING JAN-JUL 1991 WITH JAN-JUL 1990

COMMODITY GROUP

VALUE

UNIT VALUE

UNIT

VOLUME

VALUE

VALUE

%

%%

VOLUME

*

CLOTHING

3

-1

4

تب

3

1

TEXTILE FABRICS

11

4

7

4

3

I

TEXTILE YARN AND

THREAD

16

2

13

5

3

2

TEXTILE MADE-UPS

AND RELATED

ARTICLES

18

4

14

-17

2

-18

RADIOS OF ALL

KINDS

5

01

2

3

-6

4

-9

ELECTRONIC

COMPONENTS

50

*

51

30

-1

31

FOOTWEAR

-36

5

-39

++

29

5

-32

METAL MANUFACTURES

12

3

8

10

METAL ORES AND

SCRAP

-28

-4

-24

2

14

N

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

-23

-2

-

Th

22

-3

-3

TRAVEL GOODS,

HANDBAGS AND

SIMILAR ARTICLES

– 6

-6

/DOMESTIC

-9