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THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP FOR JANUARY 1987 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1986 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
AS CAN BE SEEN FROM TABLE 1, DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES OF MANY COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN JANUARY 1987 COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1986. THESE INCLUDED TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+8, PER CENT) CLOTHING (+7 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+5 PER CENT) TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+4 PER CENT) TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+4 PER CENT) : TEXTILE FABRICS (+3 PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (+2 PER CENT) AS WELL AS FOOTWEAR (+1 PER CENT).
DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE, HOWEVER, RECORDED IN ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-7 PER CENT) RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-6 PER CENT) METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-2 PER CENT) AS WELL AS DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-1 PER CENT).
THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN JANUARY 1987 COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1986, INCLUDING TEXTILE FABRICS (+70 PER CENT) RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+66 PER CENT) } METAL MANUFACTURES (+27 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+23 PER CENT); CLOTHING (+21 PER CENT) WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+21 PER CENT) TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+18 PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (+16 PER CENT) ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+8 PER CENT): TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+6 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+4 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A DECREASE IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WAS RECORDED IN METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-12 PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR JANUARY 1987 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1986 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.
AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORT PRICES OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN JANUARY 1987 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1986, RANGING FROM 1 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS TO 10 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT PRICES OF FUELS DROPPED BY 34 PER CENT.
SOME OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED IN VOLUME TERMS IN JANUARY 1987 COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1986. SINGNIFICANT GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS AS WELL AS WHEAT AND FLOUR. HOWEVER, NOTABLE DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR TEA AND COFFEE 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 CAMERAS FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY: RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS FOOTWEAR CLOTHING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AS WELL AS HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR MISCELLANEOUS MADE-UP ARTICLES OF TEXTILE MATERIALS PASSENGER MOTOR CARS AS WELL AS WATCHES.
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