WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1982
PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE
FOR AUGUST 1982 ****
PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY FIVE PER CENT AND THOSE OF IMPORTS ROSE BY TWO PER CENT IN AUGUST 1982 AS COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1981, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) 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) ROSE BY THREE PER CENT.
THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS DROPPED BY TWO PER CENT WHEREAS THAT FOR IMPORTS ROSE MARGINALLY.
THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 10 PER CENT, WITH THE VOLUME DOWN BY FIVE PER CENT, SO THAT FOR TOTAL EXPORTS, PRICES WERE UP BY SEVEN PER CENT AND A DECREASE BY THREE PER CENT WAS RECORDED FOR THE VOLUME.
FOR THE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD TO AUGUST 1982 AS COMPARED WITH THE TWELVE MONTHS TO AUGUST 1981, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY NINE PER CENT, NINE PER CENT AND 11 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS EXPANDED BY THREE PER CENT AND THAT OF RE-EXPORTS BY FOUR PER CENT, GIVING A THREE PER CENT INCREASE IN THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS AS AGAINST A SLIGHT DROP 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 #-
PERCENTAGE CHANGES COMPARING AUGUST 1982 WITH AUGUST 1981
EXPORT EXPORT EXPORT VALUE UNIT VALUE VOLUME
CLOTHING (EXCEPT FUR)
+ 5
+11
-5
TEXTILE FABRICS
1
9
+ 6
-14
TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD
1
5
-10
+6
TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES
-10
+12
-20
ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
-26
-12
-16
FOOTWEAR
-16
+19
-29
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