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OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED, THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS CLOTHING- ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AS WELL AS WATCHES. HOWEVER, NOTABLE DECREASES
IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AS WELL AS PASSENGER MOTOR CARS.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED IN SEPTEMBER 1986 COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1985. THE MAJOR INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR: WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK DYEING, TANNING AND COLOURING MATERIALS: THERMIONIC, CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS: LEATHER AND DRESSED FUR SKINS AS WELL AS PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS. DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR FABRICS OF WOOL AND MIXTURES; SPECIAL TEXTILE FABRICS FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSE AS WELL AS IRON AND STEEL.
IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY TWO PER CENT IN VOLUME IN SEPTEMBER 1986 AS COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1985.
IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST COMMODITIES INCREASED IN SEPTEMBER 1986 WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1985, THE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING OFFICE MACHINES- ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AS WELL AS INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY OTHER THAN TEXTILE AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY. ON THE OTHER HAND, NOTABLE DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY AS WELL AS TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR SEPTEMBER 1986 AS COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1985 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
AS SHOWN IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN SEPTEMBER 1986 WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1985, RANGING FROM 21 PER CENT FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES TO 215 PER CENT FOR FUELS. ON THE OTHER HAND THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF CAPITAL GOODS DECREASED BY ONE PER CENT.
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