TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1980
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APART FROM WATCHES AND CLOCKS, THE EXPORT PRICES OF WHICH DROPPED BY FOUR PER CENT, EXPORT PRICES OF OTHER MAJOR COMMODITIES INCREASED AT VARYING RATĖS (FROM A 9% INCREASE FOR TRANSISTOR IZED RADIOS AND FOOTWEAR TO A 20% INCREASE FOR METAL MANUFACTURES).
IN VOLUME TERMS THE GROWTH RATE FOR TEXTILE PRODUCTS INCLUDING CLOTHING, THE PRINCIPAL EXPORT ITEM (AT 8%) WAS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN THAT FOR NON-TEXTILE PRODUCTS (AT 26%).
BY MARKET, EXPORT VOLUMES TO USA, WEST GERMANY AND THE UK INCREASED BY 20 PER CENT, 14 PER CENT AND TWO PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS TO USA SHOWED STRONG GROWTH IN VOLUME TERMS (→ 78%), WHILE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE DELIVERY OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS TO UK (+ 81%) AND WEST GERMANY (+ 40%).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUES, UNIT VALUES AND VOLUMES OF IMPORTS BY MAJOR END-USE CATEGORIES IN FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR AGAINST SAME PERIOD IN 1979 ARE AS FOLLOWS # —
IMPORT VALUES
IMPORT UNIT
VALUES
IMPORT VOLUMES
FOODSTUFFS
+ 21%
9%
+ 11%
CONSUMER GOODS
+ 30%
4%
+ 25%
FUELS
+ 90%
+ 65%
+ 15%
RAW MATERIALS AND
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
+ 35%
+ 13%
+ 19%
CAPITAL GOODS
+ 37%
7%
+ 28%
+ 35%
+ 12%
+ 20%
ALL COMMODITIES
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FUELS, 65 PER CENT, THE IMPORT PRICES OF MODERATELY, RANGING FROM FOUR PER
THE PRICES OF WHICH JUMPED BY OTHER END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED CENT TO 13 PER CENT.
THE IMPORT VOLUMES OF VARIOUS KINDS OF FOODSTUFFS SHOWED A MIXED TREND. WHEREAS THE LOCAL DEMAND FOR SUGAR (+ 52%), LIVE POULTRY (+ 30%) AND RICE (+ 14%) ROSE SUBSTANTIALLY, DEMAND FOR WHEAT AND FLOUR (- 11%) AND SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD (-10%) DROPPED.
GROWTH IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS WAS MAINLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE INCREASED DEMAND FOR CLOTHING (+ 60%), FOOTWEAR (+ 53%), RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS AND TAPE RECORDERS (+ 46%) AS WELL AS PASSENGER MOTOR CARS (+ 22 %).
IMPORTED FUELS COMPRISE LIQUID FUEL AND SOLID FUEL. THE IMPORT VOLUME OF LIQUID FUEL INCREASED (+ 15%) WHILE THAT OF SOLID FUEL DECLINED SLIGHTLY (-2%).
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