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SUNDAY, AUGUST 4, 1985
THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF NEARLY ALL COMMODITY GROUPS DECREASED IN MAY 1985 COMPARED WITH MAY 1984, THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-30 PER CENT), TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-28 PER CENT), RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-22 PER CENT), ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-22 PER CENT), TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-20 PER CENT), CLOTHING (-15 PER CENT), TEXTILE FABRICS (-15 PER CENT), FOOTWEAR (-EIGHT PER CENT) AND MÉTAL MANUFACTURES-EIGHT PER CENT). HOWEVER, MODERATE INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR WATCHES
AND CLOCKS (+11 PER CENT) AND METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+SEVEN PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR MAY AND FOR JANUARY-MAY OF 1985 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.
AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORT PRICES OF ALL THE END-USE CATEGORIES DECREASED IN MAY 1985 AS COMPARED WITH MAY 1984, BY ONE PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS TO SEVEN PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS AND FUELS.
SOME OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS DECLINED IN VOLUME TERMS IN MAY 1985 COMPARED WITH MAY 1984, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD: SUGAR VEGETABLES; RICE; FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS, AND SWINE. HOWEVER, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR TEA AND COFFEE: LIVE POULTRY; CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS, OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR: MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS AS WELL AS FRUIT.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MANY CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED, THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING PASSENGER MOTOR CARS: CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY; RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS: HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AS WELL AS FOOTWEAR. HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, MISCELLANEOUS MADE-UP ARTICLES OF TEXTILE MATERIALS, TOBACCO MANUFACTURES, CLOTHING AND WATCHES.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SOME OF THE RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI- MANUFACTURES ROSE IN MAY 1985 COMPARED WITH MAY 1984, AMONG WHICH SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR; IRON AND STEEL; BASE METALS, EXCLUDING IRON AND STEEL: WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK WATCH AND CLOCK MOVEMENTS, CASES AND PARTS AS WELL AS SPECIAL TEXTILE FABRICS FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES. HOWEVER, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MAN-MADE FIBRES; LEATHER AND DRESSED FUR SKINS; WOVEN COTTON FABRICS; RAW COTTON; THERMIONIC CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS; YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES AS WELL AS CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS DECREASED RATHER SIGNIFICANTLY.
IMPORTS OF FUELS ROSE BY 19 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS OVER THE SAME PERIOD.
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