FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1981
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TRA PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS, JANUARY - JUNE
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THE PRICES OF DOM IC EXPORTS AND OF IMPORTS ROSE BY 8 PER CENT AN 10 PER ENT RES ECTIVELY IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1981
PARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1980. AS A RESULT, THE TERMS OF T.ADE INDEX (EXPRESSED AS A RATIO OF THE DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICE INDEX THE IMPORT PRICE INDE DECLINED BY 1 PER CENT.
ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, THE VOLUME OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY 15 PER CENT WHILE THAT OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 6 PER CENT. THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 9 PER CENT, WITH VOLUME L BY 36 PER CENT, SO THAT FOR TOTAL EXPORTS, PRICES ROSE BY 8 PER CENT AND VOLUME ROSE BY 15 PER CENT.
PRICES ARE BASED ON UNIT VALUES WHICH DO NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT CHANGES IN THE COMPOSITION OR QUALITY OF GOODS TRADED. CHANGES IN THE VOLUME OF TRADE ARE DERIVED FROM CHANGES IN TRADE VALUES, AFTER DISCOUNTING THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP ARE SHOWN BELOW:
CHANGES COMPARING JAN.
WITH JAN,
—
JUNE
JUNE 1981 1980
EXPORT
VALUE
EXPORT UNIT VALUE
EXPORT VOLUME
CLOTHING (EXCEPT FUR)
+16%
+ 9%
+ 7%
TEXTILE FABRICS
+17%
+ 5%
+11%
TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD
-
- 9%
+ 7%
-16%
TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND
RELATED ARTICLES
+10%
+12%
·1%
ALL TRANSISTORIZED RADIOS
- 3%
+ 8%
-10%
ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
+45%
+17%
+24%
FOOTWEAR
+27%
+ 1%
+26%
METAL MANUFACTURES
+ 1%
+ 9%
7%
METAL ORES AND SCRAP
-20%
1%
-19%
WATCHES AND CLOCKS
+23%
6%
+30%
ALL COMMODITIES
+14%
+ 8%
+ 6%
/THE EXPORT