MONDAY, MAY 9, 1988
PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN FEBRUARY
BY 21 PER THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS GREW
FIRST TWO CENT AND 46 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN THE
MONTHS OF THIS
COMPARED WITH YEAR AS
THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO
CENSUS STATISTICS RELEASED BY THE
STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY
(MONDAY).
AND
TAKING THEM TOGETHER, THERE WAS AN OVERALL INCREASE OF CENT IN THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS.
IMPORTS INCREASED BY 23 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.
THE VOLUMB
OF TRADE
IS DERIVED FROM TRADE DISCOUNTING THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES.
33 PER
VALUES
BY
OF COMPARISON, AS REGARDS PRICE CHANGES, OVER THE SAME PERIOD
RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 4 THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND
PER CENT AND 3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, SO THAT FOR TOTAL EXPORTS, PRICES ROSE BY 4 PER CENT.
PRICES OF IMPORTS, ON THE OTHER HAND, ROSE BY 5 PER CENT.
OF
AS A RESULT, THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX (EXPRESSED AS A RATIO
PRICE INDEX) DROPPED BY THE TOTAL EXPORT PRICE INDEX TO THE IMPORT 1 PER CENT,
ACCOUNT TRADED, EXCEPT FOR PRICE INDEXES ARE
PRICES ARE BASED ON UNIT VALUES WHICH DO NOT TAKE INTO CHANGES IN THE COMPOSITION OR QUALITY OF GOODS SOME SELECTED COMMODITIES FOR WHICH SPECIFICATION COMPILED.
FEBRUARY 1987, THE BY 32 PER CENT
COMPARING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 1988 WITH VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS INCREASED AND 45 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
39 PER CENT IN VOLUME HENCE, TOTAL EXPORTS GREW BY IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 13 PER CENT.
TERMS.
PRICES OF
DOMESTIC ROSE BY
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, BOTH THE EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 3 PER CENT. PRICES OF IMPORTS 5 PER CENT.
VOLUME GROWTH
CONSIDERABLE
CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN IN INTERPRETING THE CHANGES IN THE THE RESPECTIVE SUBJECT
OF BILATERAL TRADE IN ANY
RATES FOR
INDIVIDUAL
FLUCTUATIONS.
SINGLE
MONTH MAY
AS MONTH,
BE
TO
/IN PARTICULAR,