MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED ARTICLES
6
FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1980
(MAINLY
WATCHES AND
2 186
1 451
+ 735
51
CLOCKS,
ARTICLES OF
APPAREL)
FOOD AND LIVE
ANIMALS
1 622
1 326
+ 296
+ 22
CHIEFLY FOR
FOOD
CHEMICALS AND
1 296
831
+ 465
56
RELATED
PRODUCTS
MINERAL FUELS,
LUBRICANTS
AND RELATED
1 168
500
+ 668
+ 134
MATERIALS
BY COMMODITY, INCREASES IN IMPORTS WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $654 MILLION OR 136%), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $275 MILLION OR 53%), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $273 MILLION OR 38%), ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $236 MILLION OR 92%), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $219 MILLION OR 52%), ROAD VEHICLES (BY $196 MILLION OR 75%) AS WELL AS CLOTHING (BY $165 MILLION OR 95%).
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $259 MILLION OR 244%), U.K. (BY $185 MILLION OR 620%), U.S.A. (BY $132 MILLION OR 56%), SWITZERLAND (BY $86 MILLION OR 186%), AND THE F.R. OF GERMANY (BY $68 MILLION OR 147%).
THE DEMAND FOR RE-EXPORTS CONTINUED TO RISE, PARTICULARLY FOR NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $135 MILLION OR 259%), METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $110 MILLION OR 3 456%), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $105 MILLION OR 72%), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $79 MILLION OR 59%), CLOTHING (BY $77 MILLION OR 78%), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $76 MILLION OR 113%).
THE TRADE INDICES FOR JANUARY 1980 (1973 = 100) WERE AS FOLLOWS:
VALUE INDEX
UNIT VALUE
INDEX
QUANTUM INDEX
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
308
172
179
IMPORTS
336
178
189
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