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TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1993
TABLE 3: CHANGES IN RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY
COMPARING MAY 1993 COMPARING JAN-MAY 1993
WITH MAY 1992
WITH JAN-MAY 1992
UNIT
UNIT
END-USE CATEGORY
VALUE
%
VALUE VOLUME
VALUE
%
%%
%%
VALUE VOLUME
%
%
FOODSTUFFS
3.1
-1.0
4.1
-2.9
-1.5
-1.3
CONSUMER GOODS
18.8
1.0
17.6
22.0
0.3
21.5
RAW MATERIALS AND
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
3.4
-3.4
6.9
14.3
-3.5
18.4
FUELS
CAPITAL GOODS
95.5
2.5
90.7
57.2
1.7
54.5
39.0
2.7
35.3
49.1
2.0
46.1
ALL COMMODITIES
17.1
17.1
23.4
-0.5 24.1
LESS THAN 0.05%
IMPORTED FOOD SAFE FOR CONSUMPTION
ALL SAMPLES OF VEGETABLES COMING FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BORDER SINCE THE BLAST INCIDENT IN SHENZHEN HAVE SO FAR SHOWN NO EVIDENCE OF CONTAMINATION, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
THE DEPARTMENT HAS STEPPED UP MONITORING OF FOOD, INCLUDING VEGETABLES, AT BORDER CHECK POINTS SINCE THE INCIDENT AND SO FAR 299 LORRY-LOADS OF VEGETABLES HAVE BEEN INSPECTED AND 87 SAMPLES TAKEN FOR TESTING.
OF THESE, 60 INSPECTIONS WERE CONDUCTED TODAY WITH VEGETABLE SAMPLES TAKEN.
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AS THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF CONTAMINATION RESULTING FROM THE BLAST, THE PUBLIC SHOULD NOT BE UNDULY WORRIED ABOUT THE IMPORTED VEGETABLES AS LONG AS THEY OBSERVE GOOD HYGIENIC PRACTICE BY WASHING THE VEGETABLES THOROUGHLY AND COOK THEM WELL BEFORE CONSUMPTION, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
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