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THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1985
AS SHOWN IN TABLE 1, THE EXPORT PRICES OF MANY COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN MARCH 1985 COMPARED WITH MARCH 1984, RANGING FROM ONE PER CENT FOR RADIOS OF ALL KINDS TO 13 PER CENT FOR TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES. DECREASES IN EXPORT PRICES WERE REGISTERED FOR COMMODITY GROUPS SUCH AS METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-20 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-10 PER CENT), FOOTWEAR (-9 PER CENT), ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-4 PER CENT) AND DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-3 PER CENT).
THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF NEARLY ALL COMMODITY GROUPS DECREASED IN MARCH 1985 COMPARED WITH MARCH 1984, THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-47 PER CENT), TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-45 PER CENT) RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-39 PER CENT), CLOTHING (-38 PER CENT), AND TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-36 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, A SLIGHT INCREASE IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WAS RECORDED FOR METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+2 PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR MARCH AND FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1985 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.
AS SHOWN IN TABLE 2, IMPORT PRICES OF NEARLY ALL THE END-USE CATEGORIES DECREASED IN MARCH 1985 AS COMPARED WITH MARCH 1984, RANGING FROM -2 PER CENT FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES TO -6 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS. HOWEVER, THE IMPORT PRICES OF CONSUMER GOODS REMAINED THE SAME AS IN MARCH 1984.
MANY OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS DECLINED IN VOLUME TERMS IN MARCH 1985 COMPARED WITH MARCH 1984, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING SWINE MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS; TEA AND COFFEE; SUGAR; VEGETABLES AND FRUIT. HOWEVER, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD; FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS AS WELL AS CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS, OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MANY CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED, THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES; RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS; PASSENGER MOTOR CARS; CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AS WELL AS TOBACCO MANUFACTURES. HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR MISCELLANEOUS MADE-UP ARTICLES OF TEXTILE MATERIALS, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, CLOTHING AND WATCHES.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SOME OF THE RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI- MANUFACTURES ROSE IN MARCH 1985 COMPARED WITH MARCH 1984, AMONG WHICH SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR BASE METALS, EXCLUDING IRON AND STEEL; WATCH AND CLOCK MOVEMENTS, CASES AND PARTS; CLAY AND REFRACTORY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, BUILDING MATERIALS, ETC., EXCEPT GLASS AS WELL AS PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS.
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