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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1994

SETS,

COMMODITY ITEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME INCLUDED TOBACCO MANUFACTURES; AND RADIOS, TELEVISION GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS. ON THE OTHER HAND, A MARKED DECREASE IN IMPORT VOLUME WAS NOTED OF PASSENGER CARS.

MOTOR

THE IMPORT VOLUMB OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED BY 21% IN JUNE 1994 AS COMPARED WITH JUNE 1993.

MAN-MADR

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED OF FIBRES; YARN OF MAN-MADE FIBRES; COTTON YARN AND THREAD; AND RAW COTTON. HOWEVER, CONSIDERABLE DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR.

IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED MARKEDLY BY 125% IN VOLUME IN JUNE 1994 AS COMPARED WITH JUNE 1993.

AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 28% IN JUNE 1994 OVER JUNE 1993.

NOTABLE INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT AND OFFICE MACHINERY. HOWEVER, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY AND TEXTILE MACHINERY DECLINED.

COMPARING JUNE 1994 WITH JUNE 1993, THE IMPORT PRICES OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED: RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+2.7%), CONSUMER GOODS (+1.8%) AND CAPITAL GOODS (+1.0%). THOSE OF FOODSTUFFS REMAINED VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED. THE IMPORT PRICES OF FUELS, HOWEVER, DECREASED BY 17%.

DETAILS OF THE STATISTICS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE JUNE 1994 ISSUE OF THE "HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS".

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