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SUNDAY, JULY 7, 1985
AS SEEN FROM TABLE 1, THE EXPORT PRICES OF SOME COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN APRIL 1985 COMPARED WITH APRIL 1984, RANGING FROM FOUR PER CENT FOR TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD TO 12 PER CENT FOR TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES.
DECREASES IN EXPORT PRICES WERE REGISTERED FOR COMMODITY GROUPS SUCH AS METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-19 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-NINE PER CENT), DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-SIX PER CENT), TEXTILE FABRICS -FOUR PER CENT) AND FOOTWEAR (-FOUR PER CENT).
THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF NEARLY ALL COMMODITY GROUPS DECREASED IN APRIL 1995 COMPARED WITH APRIL 1984, THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+42 PER CENT) RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-37 PER CENT), TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-25 PER CENT), ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-22 PER CENT), DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-19 PER CENT), TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-18 PER CENT), CLOTHING (-17 PER CENT) AND TEXTILE FABRICS (-16 PER CENT). HOWEVER, SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WAS RECORDED FOR METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+63 PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR APRIL AND FOR JANUARY-APRIL OF 1985 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.
AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORT PRICES OF ALL THE END-USE CATEGORIES DECREASED IN APRIL 1985 AS COMPARED WITH APRIL 1984 RANGING FROM ONE PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS TO SEVEN PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS,
SOME OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS DECLINED IN VOLUME TERMS IN APRIL 1985 COMPARED WITH APRIL 1984, THE MORE SI GN1 FI CANT ONES BEING TEA AND COFFEE; RICE AND SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD. HOWEVER, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR FRUIT; WHEAT AND FLOUR; CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS, OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR AS WELL AS LIVE POULTRY.
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OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MANY CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED, THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERSI HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES: PASSENGER MOTOR CARS: TOBACCO MANUFACTURES AS WELL AS CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY. HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND MISCELLANEOUS MADE-UP ARTICLES OF TEXTILE MATERIALS.
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