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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1981
THE EXPORT PRICES OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED, FROM
1 PER CENT FOR FOOTWEAR TO 17 PER CENT FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS. ON THE THER HAND, THE PORT PRICES OF METAL ORES AND SCRAP, AS WELL AS WATCHES ND CLOCKS FELL BY 1 PER CENT AND 6 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
CONSIDERABLE GROWTH IN TE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS RECORDED FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+30%), FOOTWEAR (+26%) AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+24%). HOWEVER, SIGNIFICANT DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN THE EXPORT VOLUME OF METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-19%), AND TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-16%).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY 'RE SHOWN BELOW:
CHANGES COMPARING JAN. - JUNE 1981
WITH JAN. JUNE 1980
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IMPORT UNIT VALUE
IMPORT
VALUE
IMPORT VOLUME
FOODSTUFFS
+23%
+16%
+ 5%
CONSUMER GOODS
+37%
+ 5%
+31%
FUELS
+38%
+37%
+ 1%
RAW MATERIALS AND
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
+18%
+ 8%
+ 9%
CAPITAL GOODS
+29%
+ 8%
+20%
ALL COMMODITIES
+26%
+10%
+15%
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FUELS, THE PRICES OF WHICH JUMPED BY 37 PER CENT, THE PRICES OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY INCREASED MODERATELY, RANGING FROM 5 PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS TO 16 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS.
ONLY SOME MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS ROSE IN VOLUME TERMS, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING LIVE POULTRY, VEGETABLES, AND MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD DECLINED.
IN THE CONSUMER GOODS CATEGORY, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING, RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS AND TAPE RECORDERS, AND HOUSEHOLD-TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.
TERMS.
IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED SLIGHTLY, BY 1 PER CENT IN VOLUME
THE IMPORT