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THESE INCLUDED METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+12 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (+8 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+7 PER CENT); CLOTHING (+7 PER CENT); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+7 PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (+6 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+3 PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (+3 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+2 PER CENT) AS WELL AS DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+1 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, A DECREASE IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WAS RECORDED IN WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-1 PER CENT).
THE PRICES OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED.
THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN OCTOBER 1987 COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1986, INCLUDING METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+37 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (+24 PER CENT); ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+23 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+19 PER CENT); CLOTHING (+18 PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (+15 PER CENT); TRXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+11 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+6 PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (+5 PER CENT) AS WELL DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+4 PER CENT).
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HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED IN RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-14 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-2 PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR OCTOBER 1987 AS COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1986 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.
AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORT PRICES OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES ROSE IN OCTOBER 1987 AS COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1986, RANGING FROM 2 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS TO 20 PER CENT FOR FUELS, WHICH WAS PARTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE RELATIVELY LOW IMPORT PRICES FUELS IN OCTOBER 1986.
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IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN OCTOBER 1987 COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1986.
SIGNIFICANT GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN SUGAR, FRUIT AS WELL. AS
VEGETABLES.
HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE AND FISH PREPARATIONS AS WELL AS RICE.
REGISTERED FOR FISH
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 26 PER CENT.
THE COMMODITIES WITH MORE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES INCLUDED HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES; PASSENGER MOTOR CARS AS WELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
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