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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1986
THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN JUNE 1986 COMPARED WITH JUNE 1985, INCLUDING TEXTILE FABRICS (+46 PER CENT) TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+36 PER CENT) RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+28 PER CENT) METAL MANUFACTURES (+19 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+16 PER CENT) CLOTHING (+13 PER CENT) FOOTWEAR (+11 PER CENT) AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+9 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-36 PER CENT) TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-14 PER CENT) ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-12 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-6 PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR JUNE 1986 AS COMPARED WITH JUNE 1985 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.
AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORT PRICES OF SOME END-USE CATEGORIES ROSE IN JUNE 1986 AS COMPARED WITH JUNE 1985, RANGING FROM 3 PER CENT FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES TO 17 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT PRICES OF FUELS AND FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 40 PER CENT AND 1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
MANY OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED IN VOLUME IN JUNE 1986 COMPARED WITH JUNE 1985. SIGNIFICANT GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN WHEAT AND FLOUR LIVE POULTRY: VEGETABLES TEA AND COFFEE FRUIT FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS RICE AS WELL AS MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS. HOWEVER, NOTABLE DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD: SUGAR 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; CLOTHING MISCELLANEOUS MADE-UP ARTICLES OF TEXTILE MATERIALS; WATCHES AS WELL AS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE MAINLY REGISTERED FOR CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AS WELL AS HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI- MANUFACTURES ROSE IN JUNE 1986 COMPARED WITH JUNE 1985. THE MAJOR INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN COTTON YARN AND THREAD RAW COTTON MAN-MADE FIBRES WOVEN COTTON FABRICS: WATCH AND CLOCK MOVEMENTS, CASES AND PARTS PAPER AND PAPER BOARD YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES DYEING. TANNING AND COLOURING MATERIALS AS WELL AS WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK.
DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE MAINLY NOTED FOR BASE METALS, EXCLUDING IRON AND STEEL AS WELL AS CHEMICAL ELEMENTS AND COMPOUNDS.
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