Significant increases in import volume were noted of wool and other animal hair; and thermionic, cold cathode or photo-cathode valves and tubes, diodes, transistors and so on and parts thereof. However, the import volume of silk fabrics; and raw cotton declined.
Imports of fuels increased by 16% in volume in September 1995 compared with September 1994.
As regards capital goods, the import volume increased by 20% in September 1995 over September 1994.
Notable increases were recorded in the import volume of construction machinery; and textile machinery. The import volume of transport equipment; and industrial machinery, other than electrical machinery and textile machinery however declined.
Comparing September 1995 with September 1994, the import prices of most of the end-use categories increased: raw materials and semi-manufactures (+8.2%), foodstuffs (+4.5%), consumer goods (+3.2%), and capital goods (+2.0%).
On the other hand, the import price of fuels decreased by 4.6%.
Details of the above statistics are published in the September 1995 issue of the "Hong Kong Trade Index Numbers".
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