6.7
a
the
The prices of retained imports, as indicated by the unit value index of retained imports, have increased faster
than those of imports as
whole. Compared with corresponding periods in 1985, the prices of retained imports rose by about 10% in the third quarter of 1986, following an increase of 78% in the second quarter and 5% in the first
The unit value indices for quarter
the five major
end-use categories of retained imports are given below :
(9)
•
(9)
/Unit
Year-on-year rate of increase in the unit value indices of Hong Kong's retained imports by end-use category (%):
Food- Consumer
Raw materials
and semi-
All
Capital retained
stuffs goods Fuels manufactures
goods imports
1985/1984
-9
1985/1984 01
1986/1985 Q1
Q2
2222 223
-6
-9
-11
-9
-6
-3
Q3*
1
N NK GŃG ŵ ☺
-1
-7
-7
-6
-3
-4
-5
-7
-2
-9
-10
5
-7
4994
-13
-9
-11
-5
12
-14
22
-38
37
26
-46
10
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-6
-6
-9
-8
-2
5
7
10
Note :
(*)
Estimated using trade indices available up to August 1986.
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