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SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1978
PRICES FOR RAW MATERIALS WERE COMPARATIVELY STABLE, INCREASING EY THREE PER CENT.
THE VOLUME OF IMPORTS OF RAW MATERIALS ROSE BY THREE PER CENT IN THE YEAR BECAUSE OF DECLINING VOLUMES OF IMPORTS OF RAW COTTON (-22 PER CENT), WOVEN COTTON FABRICS (-15 PER CENT), COTTON YARN AND THREAD (-34 PER CENT) AND DYEING, TANNING AND COLOUR ING MATERIALS (-17 PER CENT).
THE MORE CONSPICUOUS INCREASES IN IMPORTS OF RAW MATERIALS OCCURRED IN YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES (+53 PER CENT), CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS (+34 PER CENT) AND FABRICS OF WOOL AND MIXTURES (+31 PER CENT).
BOTH THE PRICES AND VOLUME OF IMPCRTS OF CONSUMER GOODS DISPLAYED AN UPTREND. DEMAND FOR CONSUMER GOODS WAS PARTICULARLY STRONG IN 1977, WITH REMARKABLE INCREASES REGISTERED FOR PASSENGER MOTOR CARS (+43 PER CENT), CAMERAS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS (+31 PER CENT) AND RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS AND TAPE RECORDERS (+24 PER CENT).
THE VOLUME OF IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS ROSE BY FIVE PER CENT WHILE THE UNIT VALUE INDEX ROSE EY FOUR PER CENT.
IMPORT PRICES OF SEVERAL ESSENTIAL FOOD ITEMS, INCLUDING FRUIT (+11 PER CENT), VEGETABLES (+16 PER CENT), FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS (+15 PER CENT) SHOWED SIGNIFICANT ADVANCES.
ON THE OTHER HAND, PRICES FOR RICE (-6 PER CENT) WHEAT AND FLOUR (-22 PER CENT) AND SUGAR (-32 PER CENT) DROPPED.
PRONOUNCED INCREASES IN THE VOLUME OF IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS OCCURRED IN SOYA BEAN GIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD (+28 PER CENT) SUGAR (+15 PER CENT), CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS_ (+14 PEŘ CENT) AND MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS (+10 PER CENT).
FUEL PRICES GAINED THREE PER CENT WITH VOLUME UP BY EIGHT PER CENT. IN VOLUME TERMS, THE IMPORTS CF LIQUID FUEL, COMPRISING 99 PER CENT OF FUEL IMPORTS, INCREASED BY EIGHT PER CENT.
REFLECTING BUOYANT DEMAND FOR CAPITAL GOODS, THE VOLUME OF IMPORTS OF CAPITAL GOODS ADVANCED EY 13 PER CENT WITH PRICES INCREASING ON THE AVERAGE BY FIVE PER CENT.
THE MOST REMARKABLE INCREASE IN VOLUME WAS RECORDED IN TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (+78 PER CENT), MAINLY DUE TO THE IMPORTS CF AIRCRAFT AND SHIPS AND PARTS.
IMPORT VOLUMES OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY (+28 PER CENT) AND SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS (+26 PER CENT) INCREASED AT A ERISK PACE, A DROP IN VOLUME WAS REGISTERED FOR TEXTILE MACHINERY (-36 PER CENT).
ON RE-EXPORTS THE INCREASE I THE VOLUME OF FUELS (+46 PER CENT) TOCK THE LEAS, FOLLOWED BY CAPITAL CCCDS (+26 PEP CENT) AND RAW MATERIALS (+12 PER CENT). DECLINING RATES WERE RECORDED FOR THE VOLUMES OF CONSUMER GOODS WHICH DROPPED BY TWO PER CENT AND FOODSTUFFS WHICH DIPPED DY 29 PER CEIT.
(NOTE: PRICE INDEXES RICH ANE PAGED : LIT VALUES, HAVE NOT
TAKE INTO ACCOUNT CHANGES IN THE QUALITY OF GOODS TRADED.)
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