NESDAY, MARCH 6, 198
THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF MANY COMMODITY GROUPS ROSE SIGNIFICANTLY, THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+54%), DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+31%), FOOTWEAR (+24%), RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+20%) AND CLOTHING (+13%). HOWEVER, SLIGHT DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-5%), TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-3%) AS WELL AS METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-1%).
AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORT PRICES OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN 1984 COMPARED WITH 1983, RANGING FROM FOUR PER CENT FOR FUELS TO 14 PER CENT FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES.
MANY OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS DECLINED IN VOLUME TERMS, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD; CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS, OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR; VEGETABLES; ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES AS WELL AS SUGAR. HOWEVER, INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR TEA AND COFFEE MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS AS WELL AS LIVE POULTRY.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MAJOR CONSUMER GOODS ROSE SIGNIFICANTLY, THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS, PASSENGER MOTOR CARS HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES, CLOTHING AS WELL AS CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY, HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR WATCHES AND MISCELLANEOUS MADE-UP ARTICLES OF TEXTILE MATERIALS.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST OF THE RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI- MANUFACTURES ROSE, AMONG WHICH SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR MAN-MADE FIBRES; THERMIONIC CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS; WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR YARN OF MAN-MADE FIBRES: SPECIAL TEXTILE FABRIC FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSE WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK FABRICS OF WOOL AND MIXTURES; LEATHER AND DRESSED FUR SKINS AS WELL AS PAPER AND PAPERBOARD. HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS AS WELL AS YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES.
IMPORTS OF FUELS ROSE SLIGHTLY BY ONE PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.
IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF ALL THE COMMODITIES ROSE SUBSTANTIALLY, THE MORE REMARKABLE ONES BEING OFFICE MACHINES, TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY.
AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN 1984 COMPARED WITH 1983; RANGING FROM FOUR PER CENT FOR FUELS TO 55 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS. HOWEVER, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF FOODSTUFFS DROPPED BY SIX PER CENT.
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