SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1982
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THE EXPORT PRICES OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED, FROM 6 PER CENT FOR FOOTWEAR AND METAL MANUFACTURES TO 14 PER CENT FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE EXPORT PRICES OF METAL ORES AND SCRAP, AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS, DECLINED BY 5 PER CENT AND 10 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
CONSIDERABLE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS RECORDED FOR FOOTWEAR AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+26 PER CENT FOR BOTH CATEGORIES). HOWEVER, THE EXPORT VOLUME OF TEXTILE MADE-UPS, RADIOS, METAL MANUFACTURES, AS WELL AS METAL ORES AND SCRAP DECLINED BY 2 PER CENT, 7 PER CENT, 7 PER CENT AND 16 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN BELOW 1-
CHANGES COMPARING 1981 WITH 1980
IMPORT
IMPORT
IMPORT
VALUE
UNIT VALUE
VOLUME
FOODSTUFFS
+22%
+19%
+ 2%
CONSUMER GOODS
+25%
+ 6%
+19%
FUELS
+40%
+29%
+ 8%
RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-
MANUFACTURES
+20%
+10%
+10%
CAPITAL GOODS
+26%
+12%
+13%
ALL COMMODITIES
+24%
+11%
+11%
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FUELS, THE PRICES OF WHICH JUMPED BY 29 PER CENT, THE PRICES OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY INCREASED MODERATELY, RANGING FROM 6 PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS TO 19 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS.
ONLY SOME MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS ROSE IN VOLUME TERMS, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING LIVE POULTRY AND VEGETABLES. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD, AS WELL AS TEA AND COFFEE, DECLINED.
IN THE CONSUMER GOODS CATEGORY, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING, TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND FOOTWEAR. THE IMPORT VOLUME OF PASSENGER MOTOR CARS FELL.
IMPORTS OF FUELS ROSE BY 8 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES ROSE, AMONG WHICH THE PURCHASES OF FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FIBRES, WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR, AND YARN OF MAN-MADE FIBRES INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY. THE IMPORT VOLUME OF COTTON YARN AND THREAD, YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES, AND RAW COTTON DECLINED.
AS FOR CAPITAL