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TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1993

COMPARING FEBRUARY 1993 WITH FEBRUARY 1992, THE VOLUME OF RE- 75% EXPORTS OF FUELS AND CAPITAL GOODS GREW SUBSTANTIALLY BY 113% AND RESPECTIVELY.

THAT OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES; AND CONSUMER GOODS REGISTERED INCREASES OF 28% AND 14% RESPECTIVELY. HOWEVER, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 8.2%.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF CAPITAL GOODS INCREASED BY 1.2%. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE RE-EXPORT PRICES OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES; FUELS; FOODSTUFFS; CONSUMER GOODS DECREASED BY 3.7%, 2.8%, 1.4% AND 0.6% RESPECTIVELY.

AND

DETAILS OF THE ABOVE STATISTICS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE FEBRUARY 1993 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS".

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NOTE TO EDITORS:

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY GROUP ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

DOMESTIC

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.

BY

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

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