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THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
BY 22 PER CENT IN OCTOBER 1987 COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1986.
THE MAJOR
INCREASES
WERZ
VEGETABLE MATERIALS;
OF FABRICS
IN
RECORDED
CRUDE ANIMAL WOOL AND MIXTURES: WOOD, AND CORK; RAW COTTON AS WELL AS YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES.
ROSE
AND
LUMBER
A DECREASE IN IMPORT VOLUME WAS RECORDED IN IRON AND STEEL.
IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 28 PER CENT IN
OCTOBER 1987 AS COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1986.
VOLUME TERMS IN
FOR THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED 6 PER CENT IN OCTOBER 1987 WHEN COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1986.
BY
THERE WERE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES
IN ELECTRICAL,
MACHINERY AS
WELI. AS OFFICE MACHINES.
WERE RECORDED
IN
TRANSPORT
DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME EQUIPMENT AS WELL AS CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY.
OF RE-EXPORTS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME
COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1986 BY IND-USE CATEGORY FOR OCTOBER 1987 AS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
OF MANY END-USE AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME
1986, CATEGORIES INCREASED IN OCTOBER 1987 WHEN COMPARED WITH OCTOBER
AND SEMI-MANUFACTURED TO RANGING FROM 29 PER CENT FOR RAW MATERIALS
RE-EXPORTS OF 47 PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS. HOWEVER, THE VOLUME OF
46 PER CENT AND 10
CENT PER FUELS AND FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY RESPECTIVELY.
THE
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STATISTICS
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