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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1992

COMMODITY ITEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME INCLUDED PASSENGER MOTOR CARS; MISCELLANEOUS MADE-UP ARTICLES OF TEXTILE MATERIALS; FOOTWEAR; CLOTHING; AND CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED BY 20% IN JUNE 1992 AS COMPARED WITH JUNE 1991.

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR BASE METALS (OTHER THAN IRON AND STEEL); WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR; WOVEN FABRICS OF WOOL AND MIXTURES; AND RAW COTTON.

HOWEVER, CONSIDERABLE DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MAN-MADE FIBRES AND SILK FABRICS.

IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 65% IN VOLUME IN JUNE 1992 AS COMPARED WITH JUNE 1991.

AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 56% IN JUNE 1992 OVER JUNE 1991.

NOTABLE INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT; CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY; SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; AND OFFICE MACHINES. HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS NOTED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF TEXTILE MACHINERY.

THE IMPORT PRICES OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN JUNE 1992 OVER JUNE 1991: CAPITAL GOODS (+3%); FUELS (+3%); CONSUMER GOODS (+2%); AND FOODSTUFFS (+1%).

HOWEVER, THE IMPORT

MANUFACTURES DECREASED BY 2%.

PRICES OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3,

THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF CAPITAL GOODS HAD GROWN SUBSTANTIALLY IN JUNE 1992 COMPARED WITH JUNE 1991, BY 70%.

AND

THAT OF CONSUMER GOODS; RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES: FOODSTUFFS ALSO REGISTERED INCREASES, BY 37%, 33% AND

RESPECTIVELY.

14%

HOWEVER, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 23%.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS, CONSUMER GOODS AND FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY

7%,

2% AND 2%

RESPECTIVELY.

THE RE-EXPORT PRICES OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES DECREASED BY 3% WHILE THOSE OF CAPITAL GOODS REMAINED VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED.

DETAILS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE JUNE 1992 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS".

/THE REPORT