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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1993
IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 0.9% IN VOLUME IN JULY 1993 AS COMPARED WITH JULY 1992.
AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 8.1%. NOTABLE INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY; AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT. THE IMPORT VOLUME OF OFFICE MACHINERY; AND CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY DECLINED.
COMPARING JULY 1993 WITH JULY 1992, THE IMPORT CAPITAL GOODS INCREASED BY 2.9%. THE IMPORT PRICES OF MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES; CONSUMER GOODS; AND DECREASED BY 6.1%. 1.9%, 1.2% AND 1.0% RESPECTIVELY.
PRICES OF FUELS; RAW
FOODSTUFFS
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS
BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
COMPARING JULY 1993 WITH JULY 1992, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS GREW SUBSTANTIALLY BY 120%. THAT OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI- MANUFACTURES; CONSUMER GOODS; CAPITAL GOODS; AND FOODSTUFFS REGISTERED INCREASES OF 28%, 25%, 24% AND 12% RESPECTIVELY.
PRICE OF RE-EXPORT
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE RE-EXPORT CAPITAL GOODS INCREASED BY 3.4%. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE PRICES OF FUELS; RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES; AND FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 14%, 2.7% AND 0.8% RESPECTIVELY. THE RE-EXPORT PRICE OF CONSUMER GOODS WAS VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED.
DETAILS OF THE ABOVE STATISTICS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE JULY 1993 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS"
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TABLE 1: CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY GROUP
COMPARING JUL 1993 WITH JUL 1992
UNIT
COMMODITY GROUP
VALUE
%%
VALUE VOLUME
%%
%%
VALUE
%%
COMPARING JAN-JUL 1993 WITH JAN-JUL 1992
UNIT
VALUE VOLUME
%
CLOTHING
-0.2
2.0
-2.1
-6.7
2.5
8.9
TEXTILE FABRICS
4.3
-7.0
12.
0
-1.4 -3.6
2.4
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