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SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR: ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+104 PER CENT), TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+35 PER CENT), RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+31 PER CENT), DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+30 PER CENT), FOOTWEAR (+24 PER CENT), METAL MANUFACTURES +20 PER CENT), CLOTHING (+17 PER CENT) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+17 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-28 PER CENT), METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-27 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-10 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 THIS TABLE, IMPORT PRICES OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES WERE UP OVER AUGUST 1983, WITH INCREASES RANGING FROM EIGHT PER CENT FOR FUELS TO 16 PER CENT FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES.
MANY OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS DECLINED IN VOLUME TERMS, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEA AND COFFEE, SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD, VEGETABLES, SUGAR, FRUIT AND ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES. HOWEVER, INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR WHEAT AND FLOUR, MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS AND RICE.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MAJOR CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY, THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS, CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY, PASSENGER MOTOR CARS, HOUSEHOLD-TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND CLOTHING. HOWEVER, SIGNIFICANT DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND FOOTWEAR.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST OF THE RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI- MANUFACTURES ROSE. SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR MAN- MADE FIBRES, WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR, THERMIONIC CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS, PAPER AND PAPERBOARD, FABRICS OF WOOL AND MIXTURES, BASE METALS OTHER THAN IRON AND STEEL, LEATHER AND DRESSED FUR SKINS, YARN OF MAN-MADE FIBRES, CHEMICAL ELEMENTS AND COMPOUNDS AS WELL AS WATCH AND CLOCK MOVEMENTS, CASES AND PARTS. HOWEVER, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW COTTON, SILK FABRICS, CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS AS WELL AS DYEING, TANNING AND COLOURING MATERIALS DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY.
IMPORTS OF FUELS DROPPED BY FOUR PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.
IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF ALL COMMODITIES INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, THE MORE REMARKABLE ONES BEING OFFICE MACHINES AND INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY.
/THE CHANGES