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AS CAN BE SEEN FROM TABLE 1, DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES OF MANY COMMODITY GROUPS FELL IN OCTOBER 1985 COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1984. THESE INCLUDED RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-12 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-10 PER CENT); METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-NINE PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (-EIGHT PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (-EIGHT PER CENT) AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-SEVEN PER CENT).
INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED FOR SOME COMMODITY GROUPS SUCH AS ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+FIVE PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+THREE PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+THREE PER CENT).
THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF MANY COMMODITY GROUPS DECREASED IN OCTOBER 1985 COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1984, THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING 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 (-25 PER CENT); ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-20 PER CENT) AS WELL AS DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-19 PER CENT). HOWEVER, INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+20 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+EIGHT PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (+SIX PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILE FABRICS (+THREE PER CENT),
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR OCTOBER AND FOR JANUARY-OCTOBER OF 1985 AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD IN 1984 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.
AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORT PRICES OF SOME END-USE CATEGORIES DECREASED IN OCTOBER 1985 AS COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1984, RANGING FROM FIVE PER CENT FOR RAW MATERIALS AND
THE IMPORT SEMI-MANUFACTURES TO EIGHT PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS, PRICES OF CONSUMER GOODS AND CAPITAL GOODS BOTH ROSE BY TWO PER CENT IN OCTOBER 1985 AS COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1984.
MANY OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED IN VOLUME TERMS IN OCTOBER 1985 COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1984. SIFNIFICANT GROWTHS WERE RECORDED FOR SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD; LIVE POULTRY; TEA AND COFFEE; MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS: FRUIT; RICE AS WELL AS VEGETABLES. HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR WHEAT AND FLOUR AS WELL AS SUGAR.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MANY CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED, THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; WATCHES; FOOTWEAR; TOBACCO MANUFACTURES AS WELL AS CLOTHING.
HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS; HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES; PASSENGER MOTOR CARS AS WELL AS CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY.
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