MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1986
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AS SHOWN IN TABLE 1, DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES OF HALF OF THE COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN SEPTEMBER 1986 COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1985. THESE INCLUDED WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+12 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+11 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+7 PER CENT); CLOTHING (+4 PER CENT), TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+4 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILE FABRICS (+1 PER CENT).
DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE, HOWEVER, RECORDED IN METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-8 PER CENT); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-6 PER CENT); ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-3 PER CENT), DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-2 PER CENT) AS WELL AS METAL MANUFACTURES (-2 PER CENT). PRICES OF FOOTWEAR REMAINED UNCHANGED.
THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN SEPTEMBER 1986 COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1985, INCLUDING TEXTILE FABRICS (+66 PER CENT); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+43 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+26 PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (+25 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+24 PER CENT); CLOTHING (+18 PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (+11 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+9 PER CENT) AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+2 PER CENT).
HOWEVER. DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED IN METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-20 PER CENT); ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-4 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-3 PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE. UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR SEPTEMBER 1986 AS COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1985 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.
AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORT PRICES OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES ROSE IN SEPTEMBER 1986 AS COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1985, RANGING FROM TWO PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS TO 20 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT PRICES OF FUELS DROPPED BY 43 PER CENT.
MANY OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED IN VOLUME IN SEPTEMBER 1986 COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1985. SIGNIFICANT GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS: TEA AND COFFEE AS WELL AS FRUIT. HOWEVER, NOTABLE DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD; RICE CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR AS WELL AS SUGAR.
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