THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1982
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CHANGES COMPARING APRIL 1982 WITH APRIL 1981
EXPORT VALUE
WATCHES AND CLOCKS
-10
ALL COMMODITIES
+12
EXPORT UNIT VALUE
-19
+9
EXPORT VOLUME
+11
+ 2
THE EXPORT PRICES OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED, FROM FOUR PER CENT FOR TEXTILE FABRICS TO 20 PER CENT FOR TEXTILE MADE- UPS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE EXPORT PRICES OF TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD, ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, METAL ORES AND SCRAP, AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS, DECLINED BY ONE PER CENT, NINE PER CENT, 17 PER CENT AND 19 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
CONSIDERABLE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS REGISTERED FOR METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+13 PER CENT) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+11 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, SIGNIFICANT DECREASES IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED
FOR FOOTWEAR (-14 PER CENT), ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-15 PER CENT) AND TEXTILE MADE-UPS (-15 PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN BELOW (IN PERCENTAGES) –
CHANGES COMPARING APRIL 1982 WITH APRIL 1981
IMPORT
VALUE
IMPORT UNIT VALUE
IMPORT
VOLUME
FOODSTUFFS
+16
+ 8
+7
CONSUMER GOODS
+ 8
+ 5
+ 2
FUELS
+15
4
+20
RAW MATERIALS AND
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
+ 3
CAPITAL GOODS
+12
+18
ALL COMMODITIES
-
- 5
5
INSIGNIFICANT
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FUELS, THE PRICES OF WHICH DROPPED BY FOUR PER CENT, THE PRICES OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY INCREASED MODERATELY, RANGING FROM FIVE PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS TO 18 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS.
MOST OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS ROSE IN VOLUME TERMS, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING SUGAR, MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS AS WELL A HEAT AND FLOUR. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF TEA AND COFFEE, FRUIT AS WELL AS RICE DECLINED.
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