  A first measurement is presented of the charge asymmetry in the hadronic
final state from the hard interaction in deep-inelastic ep neutral current
scattering at HERA. The measurement is performed in the range of negative
squared four momentum transfer 100<Q^2<8,000 GeV^2. The difference between the
event normalised distributions of the scaled momentum, x_p, for positively and
negatively charged particles, measured in the current region of the Breit
frame, is studied together with its evolution as a function of Q. The results
are compared to Monte Carlo models at the hadron and parton level.
