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HOWEVER, INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR TEXTILE MACHINERY; AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY (OTHER THAN TEXTILE MACHINERY AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY).

COMPARING JANUARY 1992 WITH JANUARY 1991, THE IMPORT PRICES OF CONSUMER GOODS, FOODSTUFFS, AND CAPITAL GOODS INCREASED BY 3%, 2% AND 1% RESPECTIVELY.

THE IMPORT PRICES OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED, WHILE THOSE OF FUELS DECREASED BY 27%.

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RE-EXPORTS

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR JANUARY 1992 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1991 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.

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COMPARING JANUARY 1992 WITH JANUARY 1991, THE VOLUME OF RE- EXPORTS OF FUELS; CAPITAL GOODS; AND CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 158%, 18% AND 5% RESPECTIVELY.

HOWEVER, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF FOODSTUFFS; AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES DECREASED BY 43% AND 23% RESPECTIVELY.

THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN JANUARY 1992 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1991: FOODSTUFFS (+5%); CONSUMER GOODS (+4%); CAPITAL GOODS (+2%) AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI- MANUFACTURES (+1%) HOWEVER, THE RE-EXPORT PRICES OF FUELS DECREASED BY 31%.

STARTING FROM JANUARY 1992, THE THIRD REVISION OF THE STANDARD INTERNATIONAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION (SITC REV. 3) HAS BEEN ADOPTED IN HONG KONG IN PLACE OF THE SECOND REVISION FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF TRADE STATISTICS BY COMMODITY.

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ACHIEVE COMPARABILITY WITH THE JANUARY 1992 TRADE FIGURES, THE COMMODITY TRADE STATISTICS FOR JANUARY 1991 HAVE BEEN RE- CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THE NEW SYSTEM.

DETAILS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE JANUARY 1992 ISSUE OF THE "HONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS" WHICH WILL BE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE AROUND APRIL 15 AT HK$6 PER COPY.

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ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT FRENCH MISSION BUILDING, 1 BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG ON TEL. 842 8802, AND ENQUIRIES ON TRADE INDEXES TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TEL. 582 4918.

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