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Table 6 shows changes in the value of imports of ten principal commodity divisions.

Comparing the first four months of 1995 with the same period in 1994, increases were recorded in the value of imports of all principal commodity divisions. More notable increases were registered for electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, and electrical parts thereof (by $15.1 billion or 39%); telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment (by $9.6 billion or 28%); textiles (by $7.5 billion or 22%); office machines and automatic data processing machines (by $7.0 billion or 55%); miscellaneous manufactured articles consisting mainly of baby carriages, toys, games and sporting goods (by $4.8 billion or 20%); photographic apparatus, equipment and supplies, optical goods, watches and clocks (by $3.7 billion or 23%); and general industrial machinery and equipment, and machine parts (by $3.0 billion or 25%).

All the trade statistics described here are measured at current prices and no account has been taken of changes in prices between the periods of comparison.

A separate analysis of the volume and price movements of external trade for April 1995 will be released in early July 1995.

Detailed trade statistics analysed by commodity and by country/ territory are published in trade statistics reports.

The April issue of the "Hong Kong External Trade" with detailed analyses on the performance of Hong Kong's external trade in April will be available for sale at $122 per copy around June 22.

The report can be purchased at either (i) the Government Publications Centre, ground floor, Low Block, Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong, or (ii) the Publications Section of the Census and Statistics Department, 19th Floor, Wanchai Tower, 12 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.

Enquiries regarding regular subscription to this report may be directed to the Publications (Sales) Office, 28th Floor, Siu On Centre, 188 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong (Tel 2598 8194) and enquiries on trade statistics to the Census and Statistics Department (Tel 2582 4915).