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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1994

TABLE 6 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF PRINCIPAL COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

THE 10

RECORDED

IN THE

VALUE OF

IN IMPORTS OF MOST

COMPARING THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 1994 WITH THE SAME PERIOD 1993,

WERE INCREASES PRINCIPAL COMMODITY DIVISIONS.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

MORE NOTABLE INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $4,206 APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND MILLION OR 38%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY T ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1,715 MILLION OR

(BY $1,124

CLOTHING 11%); $1,488 MILLION OR 13%); NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY MILLION OR 25%); TEXTILES (BY $1,116 MILLION OR 8.7%) AND PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND (BY $684 MILLION OR 10%).

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, A DECREASE IN THE VALUE OF RECORDED FOR ROAD VEHICLES (BY $1,017 MILLION OR 14%).

CLOCKS

IMPORTS WAS

ALL THE TRADE STATISTICS DESCRIBED HERE ARE MEASURED AT CURRENT BETWEEN PRICES AND NO ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TAKEN OF THE CHANGES IN PRICES THE PERIODS OF COMPARISON.

A SEPARATE

ANALYSIS

OF THE VOLUME

AND

PRICE

MOVEMENTS

OF

EXTERNAL TRADE FOR FEBRUARY 1994 WILL BE RELEASED IN EARLY MAY.

DETAILED TRADE STATISTICS ANALYSED BY COMMODITY AND BY COUNTRY/ TERRITORY ARE PUBLISHED IN TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.

THE FEBRUARY 1994 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE" DETAILED ANALYSES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE FEBRUARY 1994 WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT $86 A COPY

WITH IN AROUND APRIL

22.

ON

THE REPORT CAN BE BOUGHT AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE CONNAUGHT PLACE, THE GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING,

AND STATISTICS CENTRAL, OR AT THE PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF THE CENSUS

HARBOUR ROAD, WAN DEPARTMENT

THE 19TH FLOOR, WANCHA TOWER, 12 ON

CHAI.

REPORT

MAY BE AT FRENCH MISSION

ENQUIRIES ABOUT REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THE DIRECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT BUILDING,

TRADE

ENQUIRIES ON DEPARTMENT (TEL 582

1 BATTERY PATH, HONG KONG (TEL 842 88021 AND TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS STATISTICS

4915).

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