MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1980
PRICE MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN 1979
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THE PRICES OF BOTH DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND IMPORTS ROSE BY 18 PER CENT IN 1979 COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS YEAR, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY).
A SLIGHTLY HIGHER INCREASE IN VOLUME WAS REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS (17%) THAN IMPORTS (+ 15%).
RE-EXPORTS SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 20 PER CENT IN PRICE IN 1979 OVER 1978, WHILE THE VOLUME WAS UP BY 27 PER CENT,
PRICES ARE BASED ON UNIT VALUES WHICH DO NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT CHANGES IN THE QUALITY OF GOODS TRADED, THE CHANGES IN THE VOLUME OF TRADE ARE DERIVED FROM THE TRADE VALUES, LESS THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES.
AN ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIVE CHANGES IN THE VALUES, UNIT VALUES AND VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY 18 GIVEN BELOW 1-
CHANGES IN 1979 OVER 1978
EXPORT VALUES EXPORT UNIT VALUES EXPORT VOLUME
CLOTHING (EXCEPT FUR)
+ 27%
+ 215
+ 5%
TEXTILE FABRICS
+ 425
+ 23%
+ 15%
TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD
+ 30%
+ 215
B2
TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND
RELATED ARTICLES
+ 49%
+ 245
+ 20%
ALL TRANSISTORI SED
RADIOS
+ 375
+ 115
+ 23%
ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
+ 30%
• 11%
+ 165
FOOTWEAR
+ 215
• 8$
+ 12%
METAL MANUFACTURES
+ 42$
+ 18%
+ 205
METAL ORES AND SCRAP
+ 83%
+ 29%
+ 415
WATCHES AND CLOCKS
+ 59%
• 3%
+ 54%
ALL COMMODITIES
+ 37$
+ 18%
+ 178
THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THE VALUES OF CLOTHING AND TEXTILES EXPORTED WERE ATTRIBUTED LARGELY TO THE INCREASE IN PRICES. IN FACT, THE VOLUME OF CLOTHING AND TEXTILES EXPORTED TO USA DECREASED BY THREE PER CENT AND 14 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN 1979. THE HIGHEST REAL GROWTH FOR CLOTHING EXPORTS WAS RECORDED FOR UK (+ 18%) AND THAT FOR TEXTILES WAS WEST GERMANY (+ 50%).
THE OVERSEAS