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CONSIDERABLE INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL, VEGETABLE OIL AND LARD; MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS; LIVE POULTRY: AND VEGETABLES. ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERK RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RICE; TEA AND COFFEE: SUGAR; AND WHEAT AND FLOUR.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 9.4%.

COMMODITY ITEMS WITH SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUMB INCLUDED TOBACCO MANUFACTURES; HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES; AND FOOTWEAR. HOWEVER, CONSIDERABLE DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR PASSENGER MOTOR CARS; AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED BY 10% IN NOVEMBER 1993 AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1992.

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR LEATHER AND DRESSED FUR SKINS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS AND COMPOUNDS; IRON AND STEEL; AND PLASTIC MATERIALS.

HOWEVER, CONSIDERABLE DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW COTTON; WOOL AND OTHER ANIMALS HAIR; SILK FABRICS; AND YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES.

IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 32% IN VOLUME IN NOVEMBER 1993 AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1992.

AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 4.3%. NOTABLE INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,

THE

IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSTRUCTION

MACHINERY; TRANSPORT

EQUIPMENT; AND TEXTILE MACHINERY DECLINED.

COMPARING NOVEMBER 1993 WITH NOVEMBER 1992, THE IMPORT PRICES OF CAPITAL GOODS; AND CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 3.0% AND 0.4% RESPECTIVELY. THE IMPORT PRICES OF FUELS; FOODSTUFFS; AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES DECREASED BY 6.5%, 1.8%, AND 1.3% RESPECTIVELY.

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

COMPARING NOVEMBER 1993 WITH NOVEMBER 1992, THE VOLUME OF RE- EXPORTS

RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES; CONSUMER GOODS; AND CAPITAL GOODS REGISTERED INCREASES OF 21%, 16% AND 7.9% RESPECTIVELY. HOWEVER, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS; AND FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 1.9% AND 1.6% RESPECTIVELY.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE RE-EXPORT PRICES OF CAPITAL GOODS; FOODSTUFFS; AND CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 0.9%, 0.6% AND 0.6% RESPECTIVELY. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE RE-EXPORT PRICES OF FUELS; AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES DECREASED BY 16X AND 4.6% RESPECTIVELY.

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

NOVEMBER

/THE REPORT