THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1983
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THE EXPORT PRICES OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED, FROM FIVE PER CENT FOR TEXTILE FABRICS TO 14 PER CENT FOR TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE EXPORT PRICES OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD, METAL ORES AND SCRAP, AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS DECLINED BY FIVE PER CENT, SIX PER CENT, SEVEN PER CENT AND 20 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
CONSIDERABLE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS RECORDED FOR TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+12 PER CENT) AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+26 PER CENT). HOWEVER, THE EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS DECLINED, FROM SIX PER CENT FROM METAL MANUFACTURES TO 21 PER CENT FOR TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN BELOW-
PERCENTAGE CHANGES COMPARING 1982 WITH 1981
IMPORT
VALUE
IMPORT UNIT VALUE
IMPORT
VOLUME
FOODSTUFFS
+14
+7
+7
CONSUMER GOODS
+ 5
INSIGNIFICANT
FUELS
+ 5
2
7
RAW MATERIALS AND
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
1
+ 5
6
CAPITAL GOODS
+ 6
+12
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ALL COMMODITIES
+ 3
+ 6
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WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FUELS, THE PRICES OF WHICH DROPPED BY TWO PER CENT, THE PRICES OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY INCREASED MODERATELY, RANGING FROM FIVE PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS AND FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES TO 12 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS.
MOST OF THE IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS ROSE IN VOLUME TERMS, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS AND FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FRUIT, AS WELL AS TEA AND COFFEE, DECLINED.
IN THE CONSUMER GOODS CATEGORY, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR TOBACCO MANUFACTURES, CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR. THE IMPORT VOLUME OF PASSENGER MOTOR CARS FELL.
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