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EXPORTS OF WITH APRIL
AS CAN BE SEEN FROM TABLE 1. PRICES OF DOMESTIC MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN APRIL 1987 COMPARED 1986. THESE INCLUDED CLOTHING (+8 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+6 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+5 PER CENT): TEXTILE FABRICS (+5 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+4 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+4 PER CENT); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+3 PER CENT) AS WELL AS FOOTWEAR (+1 PER CENT). DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS PRICES WERE, HOWEVER, RECORDED IN METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-3 PER CENT); ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-1 PER CENT) AS WELL AS METAL MANUFACTURES (-1 PER CENT).
THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN APRIL 1987 COMPARED WITH APRIL 1986, INCLUDING METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+88 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (+66 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+65 PER CENT); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+32 PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (+25 PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (+21 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+13 PER CENT); CLOTHING (+12 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+9 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+6 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+1 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A DECREASE IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WAS RECORDED FOR TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-4 PER CENT).
IMPORTS BY
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF END-USE CATEGORY FOR APRIL 1987 AS COMPARED WITH APRIL 1986 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.
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IMPORT PRICES OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES ROSE IN APRIL 1987 AS COMPARED WITH APRIL 1986, RANGING FROM 2 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS TO 9 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT PRICES OF FUELS DROPPED BY 3 PER CENT.
MANY OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED IN VOLUME TERMS IN APRIL 1987 COMPARED WITH APRIL, 1986. SIGNIFICANT GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS; RICE; FRUIT; AS WELL AS MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS. HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD; WHEAT AND FLOUR: AS WELL AS MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS.
GOODS
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST CONSUMER INCREASED, THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING TOBACCO MANUFACTURES; MISCELLANEOUS MADE-UP ARTICLES OF TEXTILE MATERIALS; RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS; HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AS WELL AS FOOTWEAR. HOWEVER, DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
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