MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1982
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PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE FOR NOVEMBER 1981
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ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 9 PER CENT AND THOSE OF IMPORTS BY 14 PER CENT IN NOVEMBER 1981 COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1980. AS A RESULT, THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX (EXPRESSED AS A RATIO OF THE DOMESTIC
EXPORT PRICE INDEX TO THE IMPORT PRICE INDEX) DROPPED BY 4 PER CENT.
THE VOLUME OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY LESS THAN 1 PER CENT WHILE THAT OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 9 PER CENT. THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 8 PER CENT, WITH VOLUME UP BY
25 PER CENT, SO THAT FOR TOTAL EXPORTS, PRICES ROSE BY 9 PER CENT AND VOLUME ROSE BY 14 PER CENT.
FOR THE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD TO NOVEMBER 1981 AS COMPARED WITH THE TWELVE MONTHS TO NOVEMBER 1980, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 9 PER CENT. THOSE OF IMPORTS BY 11 PER CENT AND THOSE OF RE-EXPORTS BY 9 PER CENT. THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 7 PER CENT AND THAT OF RE-EXPORTS BY 31 PER CENT, GIVING A 14 PER CENT INCREASE IN THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS AS AGAINST A 13 PER CENT INCREASE IN THE VOLUME OF IMPORTS.
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 NOVEMBER 1981 WITH NOVEMBER 1980
EXPORT VALUE
EXPORT UNIT VALUE
EXPORT VOLUME
CLOTHING
(EXCEPT FUR)
+25%
+ 9%
+15%
TEXTILE FABRICS +17%
+10%
+ 6%
TEXTILE YARN
AND THREAD
+30%
+ 9%
+19%
TEXTILE MADE-UPS
AND RELATED
ARTICLES
+26%
+11%
+13%
ALL TRANSISTOR IZED
RADIOS
+15%
+18%
2%
ELECTRONIC
COMPONENTS
+19%
+ 9%
+ 9%
/FOOTWEAR