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JUNE 29, 1981
THE EXPORT PRICES OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED, FROM FIVE PER CENT FOR TEXTILE FABRICS TO 18 PER CENT FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE EXPORT PRICES OF FOOTWEAR, METAL ORES AND SCRAP, AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS FELL BY TWO PER CENT, TWO PER CENT AND FIVE PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
CONSIDERABLE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS RECORDED FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+43 PER CENT) AND FOOTWEAR (+26 PER CENT). HOWEVER, SIGNIFICANT DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN THE EXPORT VOLUME OF TRANSISTOR ISED RADIOS (-18 PER CENT) AND TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-32 PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN BELOW:-
CHANGES COMPARING APRIL 1981 WITH APRIL 1980
IMPORT
IMPORT UNIT
IMPORT
VALUE
VALUE
VOLUME
FOODSTUFFS
+18%
+17%
INSIGNIFICANT
COSUMER GOODS
+32%
+ 6%
+24%
FUELS
+27%
+40%
-10%
RA MATERIALS AND
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
+13%
+ 9%
+ 3%
CAPITAL GOODS
+17%
+ 9%
+ 7%
ALL COMMODITIES
+20%
+11%
+ 7%
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FUELS, THE PRICE OF WHICH JUMPED BY 40 PER CENT, THE PRICES OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY INCREASED MODERATELY, RANGING FROM SIX PER CENT TO 17 PER CENT.
ONLY SOME MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS ROSE IN VOLUME TERMS, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING RICE, TEA AND COFFEE, AND VEGETABLES. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD, AND FRUIT DECLINED.
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IN THE CONSUMER GOODS CATEGORY SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, AND TAPE RECORDERS, HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND CLOTHING. THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SOAPS, CLEANSING AND POLISHING PREPARATIONS DECLINED.
IMPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 10 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF VARIOUS KINDS OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI- MANUFACTURES SHOWED A MIXED TREND. WHEREAS PURCHASES OF FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FIBRES, AND WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR ROSE SUBSTANTIALLY, DEMAND FOR COTTON YARN AND THREAD, PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS AND RAW COTTON DECLINED.
AS FOR CAPITAL GOODS, MAJOR INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR OFFICE MACHINES AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.
THE CHANGES