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THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1987
THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN MAY 1987 COMPARED WITH MAY 1986, INCLUDING METAL ORES AND SCRAP ( +66 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (+65 PER CENT); CLOTHING
PER (+30 CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+29 PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (+25 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+21 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+20 PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (+16 PER CENT); RADIOS ALL KINDS (+10 PER CENT); ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+7 PER CENT) AS
PER AS TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+7
WAS DECREASE IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-8 PER CENT).
RECORDED
OF
WELL CENT). HOWEVER, A FOR TRAVEL GOODS,
IMPORTS BY IN
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF END-USE CATEGORY FOR MAY 1987 AS COMPARED WITH MAY 1986 ARE SHOWN TABLE 2.
2
AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORT PRICES OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES ROSE IN MAY 1987 AS COMPARED WITH MAY 1986, RANGING FROM PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS TO 8 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS.
MAJOR
MANY OF THE
IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED IN VOLUME
WITH MAY TERMS IN MAY 1987 COMPARED
1986. SIGNIFICANT GROWTH WAS
AS RECORDED IN SUGAR: FRUIT
WELL AS FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS. IMPORT VOLUME WERE HOWEVER, DECREASES IN
REGISTERED FOR TEA AND COFFEE RICE AS WELL AS WHEAT AND FLOUR.
FOOTWEAR;
GOODS
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST CONSUMER INCREASED, THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY;
MISCELLANEOUS WELL AS RADIOS, TELEVISON MADE-UP ARTICLES OF TEXTILE MATERIALS AS SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS. HOWEVER, DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF TOBACCO MANUFACTURES.
A
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES
MAJOR 1986. THE ROSE IN MAY 1987 COMPARED WITH MAY
INCREASES WERE
IN RECORDED
WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK; CRUDE
VEGETABLE AND ANIMAL
MATERIALS; RAW
PLASTIC COTTON;
MOULDING MATERIALS; LEATHER MAN-MADE FIBRES. DECREASES IN DRESSED FUR SKINS AS WELL AS
AS WELL WERE NOTED FOR IRON AND STEEL
AS COTTON VOLUME THREAD.
YARN
AND IMPORT AND
IMPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 8 PER CENT MAY 1987 AS COMPARED WITH MAY 1986.
GOODS CAPITAL
IN
TERMS VOLUME
IN
THE CATEGORY,
IMPORT VOLUME OF IN THE
ALL WITH MAY 1986, THE COMMODITIES INCREASED IN MAY 1987 WHEN COMPARED SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING TRANSPORT
TEXTILE MACHINERY; EQUIPMENT;
AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND APPARATUS; CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.
OF
ARE
RE-EXPORTS SHOWN
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR MAY 1987 AS COMPARED WITH MAY 1986 IN TABLE 3.
/AS DEPICTED