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MAN-MADE INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED OF SIGNIFICANT

AND THREAD; AND SILK LUMBER AND CORK; COTTON YARN FIBRES; WOOD,

IMPORT FABRICS. HOWEVER, CONSIDERABLE DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE

OTHER VOLUME OF INEDIBLE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS; AND WOOL AND ANIMAL HAIR.

IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED MARKEDLY BY 34% IN VOLUME IN 1994 AS COMPARED WITH APRIL 1993.

APRIL

AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 1.2% IN APRIL 1994 OVER APRIL 1993.

SLIGHTLY

OFFICE AND

A NOTABLE INCREASE WAS RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MACHINERY, HOWEVER, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY TEXTILE MACHINERY DECLINED.

COMPARING APRIL 1994 WITH APRIL 1993, THE IMPORT PRICES OF MOST

CATEGORIES END-USE

AND INCREASED: RAW MATERIALS

SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+2.8%), CAPITAL GOODS (+1.8%), CONSUMER GOODS (+1.2%) AND (+0.4%). THE IMPORT PRICES OF FUELS, HOWEVER, DECREASED BY 18%.

STARTING

FOODSTUFFS

HAVE BEEN

INDICES. ISSUE

FROM APRIL, THE SERIES OF QUANTUM INDEX REVISED BY ADOPTING A NEW METHOD FOR COMPILING THE QUANTUM DETAILS OF THE ABOVE STATISTICS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE APRIL 1994 OF THE "HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS”,

THE REPORT WILL BE AVAILABLE ON SALE FROM NEXT TUESDAY (JULY 12) AT $9 PER COPY AT EITHER (I) THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE ON

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WAN

ROAD,

CHAI.

ENQUIRIES REGARDING REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS REPORT MAY

TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT FRENCH DIRECTED

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HONG KONG ON TEL 842 8802

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