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AS SEEN FROM TABLE 1, THE EXPORT PRICES OF MANY COMMODITY GROUPS FELL IN JULY 1985 COMPARED WITH JULY 1984. THESE INCLUDED METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-14 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-10 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-10 PER CENT) FOOTWEAR (-7 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (-7 PER CENT) AS WELL AS RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-4 PER CENT). INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED FOR SOME COMMODITY GROUPS, RANGING FROM ONE PER CENT FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS TO FIVE PER CENT FOR METAL MANUFACTURES.
THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF NEARLY ALL COMMODITY GROUPS DECREASED IN JULY 1985 COMPARED WITH JULY 1984, THE MORE SUBSTANT LAL ONES BEING TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-36 PER CENT); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-32 PER CENT); ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-28 PER CENT) METAL MANUFACTURES (-20 PER CENT); CLOTHING (-13 PER CENT) TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-12 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-12 PER CENT). HOWEVER, MODERATE INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+19 PER CENT) AS WELL AS METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+8 PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR JULY AND FOR JANUARY-JULY OF 1985 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.
AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORT PRICES OF ALL THE END-USE CATEGORIES DECREASED IN JULY 1985 AS COMPARED WITH JULY 1984, RANGING FROM ONE PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS TO 10 PER CENT FOR FUELS.
MANY OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED IN VOLUME TERMS IN JULY 1985 COMPARED WITH JULY 1984, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEA AND COFFEE AS WELL AS LIVE POULTRY. SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS ALSO RECORDED FOR WHEAT AND FLOUR; CEREAL AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS, OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR VEGETABLES; FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS; MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS AS WELL AS SWINE. HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD SUGAR MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS; RICE AS WELL AS ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MANY CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED, THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING TOBACCO MANUFACTURES; PASSENGER MOTOR CARS WATCHES: FOOTWEAR MISCELLANEOUS MADE-UP ARTICLES OF TEXTILE MATERIALS AS WELL AS RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS. HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.
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