TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1983
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PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF NOVEMBER TRADE
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PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY THREE PER CENT AND THOSE OF IMPORTS ROSE BY TWO PER CENT IN NOVEMBER 1982 AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1981, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
AS A RESULT, THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX (EXPRESSED AS A RATIO OF THE DOMESTIC EXPORT UNIT VALUE INDEX TO THE IMPORT UNIT VALUE INDEX) ROSE LESS THAN ONE PER CENT.
THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS DROPPED BY ONE PER CENT WHEREAS THAT FOR IMPORTS DROPPED BY FOUR PER CENT.
THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY SIX PER CENT, WITH THE VOLUME DOWN BY SIX PER CENT, SO THAT FOR TOTAL EXPORTS, PRICES WERE UP BY FOUR PER CENT BUT THE VOLUME DECREASED BY THREE PER CENT,
FOR THE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD TO NOVEMBER 1982 AS COMPARED WITH THE TWELVE MONTHS TO NOVEMBER 1981, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY SEVEN PER CENT, SIX PER CENT AND TEN PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, AND THAT OF TOTAL EXPORTS BY EIGHT PER CENT. THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS DECREASED BY TWO PER CENT AND THAT OF RE-EXPORTS BY THREE PER CENT, GIVING A TWO PER CENT DECREASE IN THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS AND A TWO PER CENT 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 PRINCIPAL COMMODITY GROUPS ARE SHOWN BELOW -
PERCENTAGE CHANGES COMPARING NOVEMBER
1982 WITH NOVEMBER 1981
EXPORT VALUE
EXPORT UNIT VALUE
EXPORT
VOLUME
CLOTHING (EXCEPT FUR)
- 2
+7
TEXTILE FABRICS
9
ON
-12
TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD
+24
-10
+38
TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED
ARTICLES
-27
+ 7
-32
ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
+20
+15
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