2
MONDAY, MAY 9, 1988
TWO MONTHS OF OF THE LUNAR NEW YEAR LAST YEAR, WHILE IN THIS
IN PARTICULAR, THE TRADE FIGURES FOR THE FIRST THE YEAR ARE USUALLY AFFECTED BY THE TIMING HOLIDAYS, WHICH OCCURRED IN LATE JANUARY YEAR THEY OCCURRED IN MID-FEBRUARY.
AND VOLUME OF DOMESTIC THE CHANGES IN THE VALUË, UNIT VALUE
AS 1988 FEBRUARY
COMPARED WITH FOR EXPORTS BY
GROUP COMMODITY FEBRUARY 1987 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST 1988 COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY
AS CAN BE SEEN FROM TABLE 1, COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN FEBRUARY 1987.
PER (+43
CENT); CENT);
CENT);
PER (+50
PER
SCRAP AND
(+75 PER
METAL THESE INCLUDED METAL ORES
CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS MANUFACTURES (+59 PER
COMPONENTS (+37
CENT): ELECTRONIC CLOTHING
SIMILAR ARTICLES FOOTWEAR (+37 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND
CENT); (+32 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+24 PER
CENT); AND TEXTILE FABRICS DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+19 PER (+17 PER CENT).
IN RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-9 PER CENT); (-3 PER CENT).
RECORDED NEVERTHELESS, DECREASE IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE
AND TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD
GROUPS INCREASED
PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MOST COMMODITY IN FEBRUARY 1988 COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1987.
RELATED CLOTHING
ARTICLES PER (+5 CENT); TRAVEL
(+11 PER CENT); TEXTILE THESE INCLUDED METAL ORES AND SCRAP YARN AND THREAD (+8 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND
PER CENT); (+7 PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (+6 CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (+5 PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (+5 PER
PER CENT); RADIOS OF ALL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+4
CENT); AND DOMESTIC KINDS (+4 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+2 PER ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+1 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, A DECREASE IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WAS
ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-2 PER CENT).
RECORDED IN
IMPORTS
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF END-USE CATEGORY FOR FEBRUARY 1988 AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1987 SHOWN IN TABLE 2.
BY
ARE
TABLE
2,
IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS AS PRESENTED IN
COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 17 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN FEBRUARY 1988
COFFEE: VEGETABLES; 1987. SIGNIFICANT GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN TEA AND AND RICE.
INCREASED
BY
HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED AND FLOUR; AND ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES.
/OVER THE
FOR WHEAT