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MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1984
AS SEEN FROM TABLE 1, THE EXPORT PRICES OF ALL COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED, FROM ONE PER CENT FOR FOOTWEAR TO 28 PER CENT FOR METAL ORES AND SCRAP.
DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF ALL COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+131 PER CENT), ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+84 PER CENT), DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+71 PER CENT) AND TEXTILE FABRICS (+57 PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS
BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.
AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORT PRICES OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED, RANGING FROM 14 PER CENT FOR FUELS TO 20 PER CENT FOR BOTH RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES AND CONSUMER GOODS.
MANY OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED IN VOLUME TERMS, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD, VEGETABLES, FRUIT, MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS AND TEA AND COFFEE.
HOWEVER, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES, LIVE POULTRY AND SUGAR DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY.
IN THE CONSUMER GOODS CATEGORY, SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY, TOBACCO MANUFACTURES, MISCELLANEOUS MADE-UP ARTICLES OF TEXTILE MATERIALS AND CLOTHING,
HOWEVER, SIGNIFICANT DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR PASSENGER MOTOR CARS AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES ROSE. AMONG THEM MAN-MADE FIBRES, SILK FABRICS, THERMIONIC CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS, PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS AND YARN OF MAN-MADE FIBRES AND TEXTILE FABRICS FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSE INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY.
HOWEVER, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FABRICS OF WOOL AND MIXTURES, RAW COTTON AND CLAY AND REFRACTORY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, BUILDING MATERIALS, ETC., EXCEPT GLASS, DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY.
IMPORTS OF FUELS ROSE BY 12 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.
IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF NEARLY ALL COMMODITIES INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, THE MORE REMARKABLE ONES BEING SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS, TEXTILE MACHINERY, ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND OFFICE MACHINES.
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