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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1994

OF

AT 1994, SAME PERIOD IN KONG'S RE-

THE VALUE

IMPORTS IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF

MARKEDLY BY 15% OVER THE $905.9 BILLION, INCREASED 1993. THIS WAS SUPPORTED LARGELY BY THE GROWTH IN HONG EXPORT TRADE.

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

THE 10

COMPARING THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1994 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1993,

RECORDED

IMPORTS INCREASES WERE

IN THE VALUE OF

OF MOST PRINCIPAL COMMODITY DIVISIONS. MORE NOTABLE INCREASES WERE REGISTERED APPARATUS FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING AND EQUIPMENT (BY $19.2 BILLION OR 29%); TEXTILES (BY $13.8 BILLION OR ELECTRICAL 19%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND PARTS THEREOF (BY $13.7 BILLION OR 16%); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC

MACHINES DATA PROCESSING

(BY $7.4 BILLION OR 28%); MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSISTING MAINLY OF BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES

AND 11%); GOODS (BY $6.6 BILLION

SPORTING

-

AND $5.1 BILLION OR 7.7%).

OR

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, A DECREASE IN THE VALUE OF RECORDED FOR ROAD VEHICLES (

(BY $3.9 BILLION OR 9.2%).

CLOTHING (BY

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

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ANALYSIS

MOVEMENTS

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AND OF THE VOLUME

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