TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1988
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PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN MARCH
BY 11 PER THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS GREW
FIRST QUARTER OF 1988 AS CENT AND 40 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN THE
THE STATISTICS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
25 PER CENT
TAKING THEM TOGETHER, THERE WAS AN OVERALL INCREASE OF CENT IN THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS. IMPORTS INCREASED BY 20 PER IN VOLUME TERMS.
THE VOLUME OF TRADE
DERIVED FROM TRADE DISCOUNTING THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES.
IS
VALUES
BY
PERIOD OF COMPARISON,
OF
AS REGARDS PRICE CHANGES OVER THE SAME THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS BOTH ROSE BY 3 PER CENT,
AS A RESULT, THE TERMS WHILE THOSE OF IMPORTS ROSE BY 5 PER CENT
OF TOTAL EXPORT PRICE INDEX TO TRADE INDEX (EXPRESSED AS A RATIO IMPORT PRICE INDEX) DROPPED BY 1 PER CENT.
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ACCOUNT PRICES ARE BASED ON UNIT VALUES WHICH DO NOT TAKE INTO
OF GOODS TRADED, EXCEPT FOR CHANGES IN THE COMPOSITION OR QUALITY
PRICE INDEXES ARE SOME SELECTED COMMODITIES FOR WHICH SPECIFICATION AVAILABLE.
COMPARING
THE MONTH
OF
VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS DECREASED
PER
WITH
MARCH
THE
MARCH 1988
1987, BY 6 PER CENT. HOWEVER, THE INCREASED BY 30
CENT. VOLUME
HENCE, TAKING OF RE-EXPORTS
PER DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER TOTAL EXPORTS GREW BY 11 CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.
DOMESTIC
BY INCREASED
16 PER IMPORT VOLUME
CENT. DURING THE SAME THE PRICES COMPARISON, BOTH
OF
EXPORTS AND PERIODS OF RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 3 PER CENT. PRICES OF IMPORTS ROSE BY 5 PER CENT.
SINGLE
MONTHS
MAY
RESPECTIVE
VOLUME
GROWTH
CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN IN INTERPRETING THE CHANGES IN THE
AS THE MONTH, OF BILATERAL TRADE IN ANY
FOR
BE
TO RATES
INDIVIDUAL
SUBJECT
CONSIDERABLE OF THE FIRST FLUCTUATIONS. IN PARTICULAR, THE TRADE FIGURES IN EACH
THE TIMING OF THE THREE MONTHS OF THE YEAR ARE USUALLY AFFECTED BY LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS, WHICH OCCURRED IN MID-FEBRUARY THIS YEAR.
AND VOLUME OF DOMESTIC THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE
1987 EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP FOR MARCH 1988 AS COMPARED WITH MARCH ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
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