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THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES ROSE IN APRIL 1987 COMPARED WITH APRIL 1986. THE MAJOR INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN MAN-MADE FIBRES; WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK; LEATHER AND DRESSED FUR SKINS; PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS, CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS AS WELL AS WOVEN COTTON FABRICS. DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE MAINLY NOTED FOR CLAY AND REFRACTORY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, BUILDING MATERIALS. ETU. EXCEPT GLASS; AS WELL AS WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR.
IMPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 6 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN APRIL 1987 AS COMPARED WITH APRIL 1986.
IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST COMMODITIES INCREASED IN APRIL 1987 WHEN COMPARED WITH APRI!. 1986, THE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; TEXTILE MACHINERY; OFFICE MACHINES AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY. A DECREASE IN IMPORT VOLUME WAS RECORDED IN CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY.
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THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATGEGORY FOR APRIL 1987 AS COMPARED WITH APRIL 1986 SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
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AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3 THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN APRIL 1987 WHEN COMPARED WITH APRIL 1986, RANGING FROM 17 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS TO 65 PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS. HOWEVER, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 19 PER CENT.
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