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CONSIDERABLE INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME SWINE AND ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES. HOWEVER, CONSIDERABLE DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL, VEGETABLE OIL AND LARD; AND WHEAT AND FLOUR.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 22%.

THE IMPORT

VOLUME

OF

COMMODITY ITEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME OF INCLUDED PASSENGER MOTOR CARS; AND MISCELLANEOUS MADE-UP ARTICLES TEXTILE MATERIALS.

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED BY 12% IN MARCH 1993 AS COMPARED WITH MARCH 1992.

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR WOVEN FABRICS

AND OF WOOL

MIXTURES; AND IRON AND

HOWEVER, STEEL.

INEDIBLE CONSIDERABLE DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS; AND MAN-MADE FIBRES.

AS

IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 42% IN VOLUME IN MARCH 1993 COMPARED WITH MARCH 1992. AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 27%.

VOLUME

OF

AND

NOTABLE INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY; SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT.

COMPARING MARCH 1993 WITH MARCH 1992, THE IMPORT PRICES OF FUELS AND CAPITAL GOODS INCREASED BY 7.9% AND 3.3% RESPECTIVELY.

THE IMPORT PRICES OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES; GOODS; AND FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 3.9%, 1.1% AND 0.7%

CONSUMER RESPECTIVELY.

OF

COMPARING MARCH 1993 WITH MARCH 1992, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS GOODS AND FUELS GREW SUBSTANTIALLY BY 47% AND 42%

CAPITAL RESPECTIVELY.

THAT OF CONSUMER GOODS; AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES REGISTERED INCREASES OF 23% AND 18% RESPECTIVELY. HOWEVER, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 12%.

FUELS;

0.

.7%

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF 1.8% AND CAPITAL GOODS AND CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 2.7%, RESPECTIVELY.

MATERIALS THE OTHER HAND, THE RE-EXPORT PRICES OF RAW

AND FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 3.8% AND

AND

1.9%

ON SEMI-MANUFACTURES; RESPECTIVELY.

DETAILS OF THE STATISTICS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE MARCH 1993 ISSUK OF THE "HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS"

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THE REPORT

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