1

Growth rates in real terms of imports by end-use categories (%):

Raw materials

Consumer

Foodstuffs

goods

Fuels

and semi- manufactures

Capital goods

1981/1980 Q1

6

35

2

12

23

Q2

5

26

0

7

17

Q3

-1

15

5

18

12

Q4

1

5

30

3

1

1981/1980

2

19

8

10

13

1982/1981 Jan

-9

-14

-13

-25

-11

Feb

13

3

104

7

-2

Growth rates in real terms of retained imports by end-use categories (%):

Raw materials

Consumer

Foodstuffs

goods

Fuels

and semi- manufactures

Capital goods

1981/1980 Q1

2

26

2

5

15

Q2

-1

25

1

1

16

Q3

-5

LO

5

3

15

12

Q4

-1

-6

30

-2

-7

1981/1980

-2

10

8

4

9

1982/1981 Jan -15

-20

-15

-25

-15

Feb

13

3

96

4

-2

Re-exports

2.8

The value of

re-exports in the first

quarter,

at

$10,627 million, was only 12% higher than in the first quarter of 1981. Trade indexes available up to February suggest that this growth was made up of an increase of 14% in prices and a decline of 28 in real terms. As the growth rate in money

8

/terms

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