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FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1987
AS CAN BE SEEN FROM TABLE 1, DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN FEBRUARY 1987 COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1986. THESE INCLUDED CLOTHING (+7 PER CENT)- DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+4 PER CENT)- FOOTWEAR (+4 PER CENT)- TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+4 PER CENT)- WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+4 PER CENT)- METAL MANUFACTURES (+3 PER CENT)- TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+2 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILE FABRICS (+2 PER CENT).
DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE, HOWEVER, RECORDED IN METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-8 PER CENT)- ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS -8 PER CENT) AS WELL AS RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-1 PER CENT). THE PRICE OF TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD REMAINED UNCHANGED.
THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN FEBRUARY 1987 COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1986, INCLUDING TEXTILE FABRICS (+61 PER CENT)- TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+49 PER CENT)- RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+41 PER CENT)- DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+25 PER CENT)- ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+22 PER CENT)- METAL MANUFACTURES (+13 PER CENT) METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+7 PER CENT) AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+2 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED IN TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-18 PER CENT)- CLOTHING (-10 PER CENT)- TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-7 PER CENT) AS WELL AS FOOTWEAR (-5 PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR FEBRUARY 1987 AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1986 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.
AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORT PRICES OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES ROSE IN FEBRUARY 1987 AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1986, RANGING FROM 1 PER CENT FOR FOOTSTUFFS TO 9 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT PRICES OF FUELS DROPPED BY 28 PER CENT.
MANY OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED IN VOLUME TERMS IN FEBRUARY 1987 COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1986. SIGNIFICANT GROWTH WAS RECORD IN FRUIT- SUGAR WHEAT AND FLOUR MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS AS WELL AS CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR. HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR TEA AND COFFEE AS WELL AS RICE.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF ALL CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED, THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING TOBACCO MANUFACTURES- HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES- CAMERAS FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AS WELL AS RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS.
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