THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1982
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PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE FOR FEBRUARY
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PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 10 PER CENT AND THOSE OF IMPORTS BY 12 PER CENT IN FEBRUARY 1982, AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1981, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
AS A RESULT, THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX (EXPRESSED AS A RATIO OF THE DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICE INDEX TO THE IMPORT PRICE INDEX) DECLINED BY TWO PER CENT.
THE VOLUME OF IMPORTS ROSE BY 10 PER CENT AND THAT OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY EIGHT PER CENT. THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 14 PER CENT, WITH VOLUME UP BY 10 PER CENT, SO THAT FOR TOTAL EXPORTS, PRICES ROSE BY 11 PER CENT AND VOLUME BY NINE PER CENT.
FOR THE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD TO FEBRUARY 1982 AS COMPARED WITH THE TWELVE MONTHS TO FEBRUARY 1981, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY NINE PER CENT, THOSE OF IMPORTS BY 12 PER CENT AND THOSE OF RE-EXPORTS BY NINE PER CENT. THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS EXPANDED BY SEVEN PER CENT AND THAT OF RE-EXPORTS BY 20 PER CENT, GIVING AN 11 PER CENT INCREASE IN THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS AS AGAINST AN EIGHT 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 -
CLOTHING (EXCEPT
FUR)
CHANGES COMPARING FEBRUARY 1982 WITH FEBRUARY 1981
(ALL FIGURES IN PERCENTAGES)
EXPORT UNIT VALUE
EXPORT VALUE
7
+ 11
EXPORT VOLUME
4
TEXTILE FABRICS
+ 17
TEXTILE YARN AND
THREAD
+ 20
TEXTILE MADE-UPS
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