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MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1991

WERE FUELS RAW MATERIALS

INCREASES

COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1991 WITH SEPTEMBER 1990, RECORDED IN THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES: (+101%); CAPITAL GOODS (+45%); CONSUMER GOODS (+41%); AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+36%); AND FOODSTUFFS (+13%).

THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN 1990: FOODSTUFFS (+6%); SEPTEMBER 1991 AS COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER

FUELS (+2%); AND RAW CONSUMER

(+3%); CAPITAL GOODS (+2%); MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+1%).

GOODS

ISSUE OF SALE AT THE CONNAUGHT

FURTHER DETAILS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE SEPTEMBER 1991 THE "HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS" WHICH WILL BE ON GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, PLACE, CENTRAL AROUND DECEMBER 14 AT $4 PER COPY.

BE

ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT MAY

AT FRENCH MISSION DIRECTED то THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT BUILDING, I BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG (TEL. NO.: 842 8802) AND ENQUIRIES ON TRADE INDEXES TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT 582 4918).

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TABLE 1: CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY GROUP

COMPARING SEP 1991 WITH SEP 1990

COMPARING JAN-SEP 1991 WITH JAN-SEP 1990

COMMODITY GROUP

UNIT

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

VALUE

UNIT VALUE

VOLUME

%

%%

%

%

%

%%%

CLOTHING

16

4

11

5

4

1

TEXTILE FABRICS

15

4

11

5

3

2

TEXTILE YARN AND

THREAD

12

- 1

12

4

2

2

TEXTILE MADE-UPS

AND RELATED

ARTICLES

7

3

3

-15

2

-16

RADIOS OF ALL

KINDS

-41

2

-42

-11

3

-14

ELECTRONIC

COMPONENTS

18

18

27

1

28

FOOTWEAR

-9

4

-12

-30

5

-33

METAL MANUFACTURES

39

1

37

12

4

CO

8

METAL ORES AND

SCRAP

-37

-11

-30

-7

-2

-5

/WATCHES AND