FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1986
AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORT PRICES OF SOME END-USE CATEGORIES DECREASED IN JANUARY 1986 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1985, RANGING FROM 2 PER CENT FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES TO 7 PER CENT FOR FUELS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT PRICES OF CAPITAL GOODS AND CONSUMER GOODS ROSE BY 10 PER CENT AND 4 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
MANY OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED IN VOLUME TERMS IN JANUARY 1986 COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1985. SIGNIFICANT GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN LIVE POULTRY FRUIT! FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS: VEGETABLES; SUGAR MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS AS WELL AS SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD. HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR TEA AND COFFEE; RICE AS WELL AS ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MANY CONSUMER GOODS DECREASED, THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS: HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES: PASSENGER MOTOR CARS; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AS WELL AS TOBACCO MANUFACTURES. HOWEVER, INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR WATCHES; CLOTHING AS WELL AS MISCELLANEOUS MADE-UP ARTICLES OF TEXTILE MATERIALS.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MANY RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES ROSE IN JANUARY 1986 COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1985, INCLUDING SILK FABRICS WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK WATCH AND CLOCK MOVEMENTS, CASES AND PARTS PAPER AND PAPERBOARD: DYEING, TANNING AND COLOURING MATERIALS COTTON YARN AND THREAD CLAY AND REFRACTORY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, BUILDING MATERIALS, ETC., EXCEPT GLASS; YARN OF MAN-MADE FIBRES AS WELL AS FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FIBRES.
DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR THERMIONIC CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS MAN-MADE FIBRES; BASE METALS, EXCLUDING IRON AND STEEL AS WELL AS FABRICS OF WOOL AND MIXTURES,
IMPORTS OF FUELS DROPPED BY 34 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN JANUARY 1986 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1985.
IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SOME COMMODITIES DECREASED IN JANUARY 1986 OVER JANUARY 1985, THE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING OFFICE MACHINES; TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT TEXTILE MACHINERY: SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS AS WELL AS CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY.
INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUMES WERE RECORDED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AS WELL AS INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY OTHER THAN TEXTILE AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.
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