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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1980
CHANGES COMPARING JULY 1980 WITH JULY 1979
IMPORT VALUES
IMPORT UNIT
IMPORT
VALUES
VOLUMES
FOODSTUFFS
4%
8%
4%
CONSUMER GOODS
+ 35%
1%
+ 36%
FUELS
+ 39%
+ 49%
79%
RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-
MANUFACTURES
+ 17%
9%
7%
CAPITAL GOODS
+ 22%
6%
+ 14%
ALL COMMODITIES
+ 22%
8%
+ 13%
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
FUELS, THE PRICES OF WHICH JUMPED BY 49 PER CENT, THE PRICES OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY CHANGED MODERATELY, RANGING FROM 1 PER CENT TO + 9 PER CENT.
MOST IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS DROPPED IN VOLUME TERMS, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD, BOVINE CATTLE, VEGETABLES AND FRUIT. HOWEVER, LOCAL DEMAND FOR SUGAR, CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS AND LIVE POULTRY INCREASED.
SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, FOOTWEAR, CLOTHING, PASSENGER MOTOR CARS AND MADE-UP ARTICLES OF TEXTILE MATERIALS.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FUELS DROPPED BY 7 PER CENT.
THE IMPORT VOLUMES OF VARIOUS KINDS OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES SHOWED A MIXED TREND. WHEREAS PURCHASES OF WOOLLEN YARN AND MIXTURES, RAW COTTON AND WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR ROSE SUBSTANTIALLY, DEMAND FOR PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS AND COTTON YARN AND THREAD DROPPED.
AS FOR CAPITAL GOODS, MAJOR INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR TEXTILE MACHINERY, SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS' AND OFFICE MACHINES.
CHANGES IN THE VALUES, UNIT VALUES AND VOLUMES OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE AS FOLLOWS:
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