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Base

INDICES ON BASE

Monthly Average

Monthly Average

1948

1949

Monthly Average

1950

211

Value of Imports Monthly Average, 1947 ($129,160,121)

$173,128,218

134.0

100

212

Value of Exports Monthly Average, 1947

($101,402,797)

$131,894,976

130.0

$193,241,916 190.5

$229,183,483

177.4

$315,638,471

244.4

$309,629,364

305.3

100

Reference

No. of

Relevant

Table

(i) Preserved Monthly Average, 1947

Ginger

excess of exports

$792,479

284.6

$844,488

303.3

$464,290

166.7

($278,453) over

imports

100

(ii) Preserves

Monthly Average, 1947

$385,726

(excl.

excess of exports

81.8

Ginger)

($471,264) over

$492.577

104.5

$413,839

87.8

imports

100

(iii) Soy

Monthly Average, 1947 $257,611

excess of exports

$269,127

327.2

341.8

$228,030

289.6

($78,738) over

imports

100

229

Exports of

certain

commodities

manufactured in

Hong Kong

133

33

*

Note:-These indices are not indices of production, but simply of the excess of exports over imports.