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FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1994

COMPARING OCTOBER 1993 WITH OCTOBER 1992, THE VOLUME OF RE- EXPORTS OF FUELS GREW SUBSTANTIALLY BY 40%. THAT OF CAPITAL GOODS; RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES; AND CONSUMER GOODS REGISTERED INCREASES OF 19%, 18% AND 12% RESPECTIVELY. HOWEVER, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 10%.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE RE-EXPORT PRICES OF CAPITAL GOODS INCREASED BY 1%. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE RE-EXPORT PRICES OF FUELS: RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES; AND CONSUMER GOODS DECREASED BY 15%, 3% AND 0.8% RESPECTIVELY. THE RE-EXPORT PRICES OF FOODSTUFFS REMAINED VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED.

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

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

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

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

TABLE 1: CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY GROUP

COMPARING OCT 1993

COMPARING JAN-OCT 1993

WITH OCT 1992

WITH JAN-OCT 1992

UNIT

UNIT

COMMODITY GROUP

VALUE VALUE VOLUME

VALUE

VALUE VOLUME

%

%

%%

%

X

CLOTHING

-9. .3

1.3

-8.3

-7.4

1.5

-8.9

TEXTILE FABRICS

-7.9

-6.6

-1.4

-3.4

-4.3

0.9

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