FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1986
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES ROSE IN MARCH 1986 COMPARED WITH MARCH 1985, INCLUDING MAN-MADE FIBRES; COTTON YARN AND THREAD; DYEING, TANNING AND COLOURING MATERIALS: WATCH AND CLOCK MOVEMENTS, CASES AND PARTS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS AND COMPOUNDS SILK FABRICS PAPER AND PAPERBOARD; WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK; FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FIBRES; IRON AND STEEL; WOVEN COTTON FABRICS CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS; LEATHER AND DRESSED FUR SKINS; SPECIAL TEXTILE FABRICS FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSE; YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES AS WELL AS PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS.
DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR: BASE METALS, EXCLUDING IRON AND STEEL; THERMIONIC CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS: FABRICS OF WOOL AND MIXTURES, CLAY AND REFRACTORY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, BUILDING MATERIALS, ETC., EXCEPT GLASS AS WELL AS RAW COTTON.
IMPORTS OF FUELS ROSE BY 5 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN MARCH 1986 AS COMPARED WITH MARCH 1985.
IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SOME COMMODITIES DECREASED IN MARCH 1986 WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1985, THE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING OFFICE MACHINES TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY; SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS OTHER INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY. AN INCREASE IN IMPORT VOLUME WAS RECORDED FOR TEXTILE MACHINERY.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR MARCH 1986 AS COMPARED WITH MARCH 1985 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF SOME END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN MARCH 1986 WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1985, RANGING FROM 9 PER CENT FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES TO 100 PER CENT FOR FUELS, HOWEVER, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF CAPITAL GOODS AND CONSUMER GOODS DECREASED BY 41 PER CENT AND 5 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
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