MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1981
3.
APART FROM A DECLINE OF 6 PER CENT FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS, THE EXPORT PRICES OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED AT VARYING RATES, FROM A 5 PER CENT INCREASE FOR RADIOS TO A 17 PER CENT INCREASE FOR METAL MANUFACTURES.
CONSIDERABLE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS NOTED FOR METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+88%) AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+54%).
POSITIVE, THOUGH SMALL, GROWTH RATES WERE REGISTERED IN THE EXPORT VOLUMES OF CLOTHING AND TEXTILES.
BY MARKET, EXPORT VOLUMES TO THE U.S. AND THE F.R. OF GERMANY INCREASED BY 10 PER CENT AND 6 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THE EXPORT VOLUME TO THE U.K. GREW MARGINALLY BY LESS THAN 1 PER CENT.
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS TO THE U.S. (+35%), FOOTWEAR TO THE F.R. OF GERMANY (+47%) AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS TO THE U.K. (+549%).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUES, UNIT VALUES AND VOLUMES OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN BELOW 1
CHANGES COMPARING 1980 WITH 1979
IMPORT VALUES
IMPORT UNIT
VALUES
IMPORT VOLUMES
FOODSTUFFS
+ 21%
+ 10%
+ 10%
CONSUMER GOODS
+ 37%
2%
+ 35%
FUELS
+ 62%
+ 49%
9%
RAW MATERIALS AND
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
+ 24%
9%
+ 13%
CAPITAL GOODS
+ 32%
7%
+ 24%
ALL COMMODITIES
+ 30%
9%
+ 19%
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FUELS, THE PRICES OF WHICH JUMPED BY 49 PER CENT, THE PRICES OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY INCREASED MODERATELY, RANGING FROM 2 PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS TO 10 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS.
MOST IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS ROSE IN VOLUME TERMS, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING LIVE POULTRY AS WELL AS MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT VOLUMES OF WHEAT AND FLOUR FELL.
IN THE CONSUMER GOODS CATEGORY, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING, RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS AND TAPE RECORDERS, HOUSEHOLD ́ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, FOOTWEAR AND PASSENGER MOTOR CARS. THE IMPORT VOLUME OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES DECLINED.
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