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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1985
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP FOR SEPTEMBER AND FOR JANUARY-SEPTEMBE- OF 1985 AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIODS IN 1984 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
AS CAN BE SEEN FROM TABLE 1, DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES OF MANY COMMODITY GROUPS FELL IN SEPTEMBER 1985 COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1984. THESE INCLUDED DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-12 PER CENT); METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-11 PER CENT); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-10 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-NINE PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (-SEVEN PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (-SEVEN PER CENT); CLOTHING (-THREE PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (~TWO PER CENT).
INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED FOR SOME COMMODITY GROUPS SUCH AS ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+THREE PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+TWO PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (+ONE PER CENT) AS WELL AS TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+ONE PER CENT).
THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF MANY COMMODITY GROUPS DECREASED IN SEPTEMBER 1985 COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1984, THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-33 PER CENT); METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-32 PER CENT) RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-31 PER CENT) TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-27 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-10 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-10 PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURERS (-EIGHT PER CENT) AS WELL AS CLOTHING (-SEVEN PER CENT).
HOWEVER, INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+16 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+14 PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (+13 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILE FABRICS (+SIX PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR SEPTEMBER AND FOR JANUARY-SEPTEMBER OF 1985 AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIODS IN 1984 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.
AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORT PRICES OF NEARLY ALL END-USE CATEGORIES DECREASED IN SEPTEMBER 1985 AS COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1984, RANGING FROM ONE PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS TO EIGHT PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS. THE IMPORT PRICES OF CONSUMER GOODS IN SEPTEMBER 1985 REMAINED THE SAME AS IN SEPTEMBER 1984.
MANY OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED IN VOLUME TERMS IN SEPTEMBER 1985 COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1984. SIGNIFICANT GROWTH WAS RECORDED FOR SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD; LIVE POULTRY; CEREAL AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS, OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR; MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS: VEGETABLES: SUGAR: FRUIT; RICE AS WELL AS SWINE. HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR TEA AND COFFEE, ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES, WHEAT AND FLOUR AS WELL AS FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS.
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