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AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 11%. NOTABLE INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT; AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY. THE IMPORT VOLUMB OF CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY DECLINED.
COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1993 WITH SEPTEMBER 1992, THE IMPORT PRICES CAPITAL GOODS AND CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 3.1% AND 0.8% RESPECTIVELY.
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THE IMPORT PRICES OF FUELS; RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI- MANUFACTURES; AND FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 9.0%, 2.0% AND 1.5% RESPECTIVELY.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1993 WITH SEPTEMBER 1992, THE VOLUME OF RE- EXPORTS OF FUELS GREW SUBSTANTIALLY BY 99%.
THAT OF CAPITAL GOODS; RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES; AND CONSUMER GOODS ALL REGISTERED INCREASES OF 18%. HOWEVER, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 5.7%.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE RE-EXPORT PRICE OF FOODSTUFFS; AND CAPITAL GOODS INCREASED BY 1.9% AND 0.9% RESPECTIVELY.
FUELS; AND RAW 16% AND 3.4% REMAINED
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE RE-EXPORT PRICES OF MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES DECREASED BY RESPECTIVELY. THE RE-EXPORT PRICES OF CONSUMER GOODS VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED.
DETAILS OF THE ABOVE STATISTICS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE SEPTEMBER 1993 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS"
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