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MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1982
METAL MANUFACTURES
5
+
ON
9
-
13
METAL ORES AND SCRAP
49
1
49
WATCHES AND CLOCKS
7
22
+ 37
ALL COMMODITIES
F
6
2
7
THE DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES OF SOME COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED, FROM TWO PER CENT FOR TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND TEXTILE FABRICS TO 11 PER CENT FOR FOOTWEAR. ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED FOR METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-ONE PER CENT), TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-NINE PER CENT), ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-10 PER CENT) AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-22 PER CENT).
DECREASES IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED FOR MOST COMMODITY GROUPS, INCLUDING TEXTILE FABRICS (-21 PER CENT), TEXTILE MADE-UPS (-35 PER CENT), FOOTWEAR (-38 PER CENT) AND METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-49 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, CONSIDERABLE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS REGISTERED FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+37 PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE. UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN BELOW I
PERCENTAGE CHANGES COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1982
WITH SEPTEMBER 1981
IMPORT VALUE
IMPORT UNIT VALUE
IMPORT VOLUME
FOODSTUFFS
+16
4
+ 11
CONSUMER GOODS
2
2
INSIGNIFICANT
FUELS
28
8
+ 40
RAW MATERIALS AND
9
1
B
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
CAPITAL GOODS
ALL COMMODITIES
4
+ 5
INSIGNIFICANT
1
INSIGNIFICANT
1
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FUELS, THE PRICES OF WHICH DROPPED BY EIGHT PER CENT. THE CHANGES IN PRICES OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY WERE MODERATE, RANGING FROM A ONE PER CENT DROP FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES TO A FIVE PER CENT INCREASE FOR CAPITAL GOODS.
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