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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1980
CONSIDERABLE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS NOTED FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+ 60%), METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+ 56%) AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+ 24%). HOWEVER, SIZABLE DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (- 19%) AS WELL AS TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (- 17%).
CHANGES IN THE VALUES UNIT VALUES AND VOLUMES OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN AS FOLLOWS:
CHANGES COMPARING AUGUST 1980 WITH AUGUST 1979
IMPORT
VALUES
IMPORT UNIT VALUES
IMPORT VOLUMES
FOODSTUFFS
+ 34%
+ 9%
+ 24%
CONSUMER GOODS
+ 46%
- 1%
+ 48%
FUELS
+ 59%
+ 43%
+ 12%
RAW MATERIALS AND
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
+ 15%
+ 7%
+ 7%
CAPITAL GOODS
+ 24%
+ 6%
+ 17%
ALL COMMODITIES
+ 29%
+ 7%
+ 20%
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FUELS, THE PRICES OF WHICH JUMPED BY 43 PER CENT, THE PRICES OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY CHANGED MODERATELY, RANGING FROM 1 PER CENT TO + 9 PER CENT.
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MOST IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS ROSE IN VOLUME TERMS, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING SUGAR, LIVE POULTRY, SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD, MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS AS WELL AS FRUIT.
IN THE CONSUMER GOODS CATEGORY, SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS AND TAPE RECORDERS, TOBACCO MANUFACTURES, HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, CLOTHING, CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY, MADE-UP ARTICLES OF TEXTILE MATERIALS, PASSENGER MOTOR CARS AND FOOTWEAR.
IMPORTS OF FUELS ROSE BY 12 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF VARIOUS KINDS OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES SHOWED A MIXED TREND. WHEREAS PURCHASES OF WOOLLEN YARN AND MIXTURES, WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR, COTTON YARN AND THREAD AND FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FABRICS ROSE SUBSTANTIALLY, DEMAND FOR PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS, CHEMICAL ELEMENTS AND COMPONENTS, WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK AS WELL AS RAW COTTON DROPPED,
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