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THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND
SEMI-MANUFACTURES ROSE BY 33 PER CENT IN 1987 COMPARED WITH 1986. THE MAJOR INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RAW COTTON; MAN-MADE FIBRES; WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK; PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS AS WELL AS CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS.
IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME IN 1987 AS COMPARED WITH 1986.
IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 35 PER CENT IN 1987 OVER 1986, THERE WERE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT; TEXTILE MACHINERY AS WELL AS OFFICE MACHINES.
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IMPORT PRICES OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES ROSE IN 1987 AS COMPARED WITH 1986, RANGING FROM 2 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS ΤΟ 7 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR DECEMBER AND THE WHOLE OF 1987 AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIODS IN 1986 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN 1987 WHEN COMPARED WITH 1986, RANGING FROM 16 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS TO 53 PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS. HOWEVER, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 13 PER CENT.
PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 11 PER CENT IN 1987 OVER 1986. THOSE OF CONSUMER GOODS AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES ROSE BY 2 PER CENT AND 3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THE PRICES OF FOODSTUFFS DROPPED BY 1 PER CENT.
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INDEXES
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