SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1980
APART FROM WATCHES AND CLOCKS, TEXTILE FABRICS, THE EXPORT PRICES OF WHICH DROPPED BY 9 PER CENT AND 1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, EXPORT PRICES OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED AT VARYING RATES. FROM A 2 PER CENT INCREASE FOR METAL ORES AND SCRAP TO A 17 PER CENT INCREASE FOR METAL MANUFACTURES.
CONSIDERABLE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS NOTED FOR METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+ 222%), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+ 50%) AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+38). HOWEVER, AN APPRECIABLE DECREASE WAS REGISTERED IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-22%).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUES, UNIT VALUES AND VOLUMES OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN AS FOLLOWS:
CHANGES COMPARING SEPT 1980 WITH SEPT 1979
IMPORT
VALUES
IMPORT UNIT
VALUES
IMPORT VOLUMES
FOODSTUFFS
+ 26%
9%
+ 15%
CONSUMER GOODS
+ 40%
1%
+ 41%
FUELS
+ 29%
+ 36%
5%
RAW MATERIALS AND
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
+ 10%
7%
3%
CAPITAL GOODS
+ 27%
796
+ 19%
ALL COMMODITIES
+ 23%
7%
+ 15%
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FUELS, THE PRICES OF WHICH JUMPED BY 36 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 SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD, TEA AND COFFEE, SUGAR AS WELL AS MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS.
IN THE CONSUMER GOODS CATEGORY, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING, HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, FOOTWEAR, RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMMOPHONES RECORDS AND TAPE RECORDERS, AND PASSENGER MOTOR CARS. ON THE OTHER HAND, TOBACCO MANUFACTURES AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FELL SUBSTANTIALLY.
IMPORTS OF FUELS DROPPED BY 5 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF VARIOUS KINDS OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES SHOWED A MIXED TREND. WHEREAS PURCHASES OF WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR, WOOLLEN YARN AND MIXTURES, FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FIBRES AND BASE METALS (EXCLUDING IRON AND STEEL) ROSE SUBSTANTIALLY, DEMAND FOR RAW COTTON, PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS AS WELL AS DYEING, TANNING AND COLOURING MATERIALS DECLINED.