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NEVERTHELESS, DECREASES
IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE (-32 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND PER (ENT); AND CLOTHING
RECORDED IN RADIOS OF ALL KINDS THREAD (-11 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (-8 (-7 PER CENT).
PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN APRIL 1988 COMPARED WITH APRIL 1987.
THESE INCLUDED METAL MANUFACTURES 1+7 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+6 PER CENT); METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+5 PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (+5 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+5 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (+4 PER (ENT); CLOTHING [+4 PER CENT): RADIOS
OF ALL KINDS (+3 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+3 PER CENT); AND TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+3 PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR APRIL 1988 AS COMPARED WITH APRIL 1987 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.
AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 22 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN APRIL 1988 COMPARED WITH APRIL 1987.
SIGNIFICANT GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN VEGETABLES; TEA AND COFFEE; MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS; AND FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS. HOWEVER, A DECREASE IN IMPORT VOLUME WAS REGISTERED FOR CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR,
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 24 PER CENT.
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THE COMMODITY ITEMS WITH MORE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES INCLUDED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; TOBACCO MANUFACTURES ; RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPIIONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS; AND PASSENGER MOTOR CARS. A DECREASE IN IMPORT VOLUME WAS RECORDED IN MISCELLANEOUS MADE-UP ARTICLES OF TEXTILE MATERIALS,
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES BY 27 PER CENT IN APRIL 1988 COMPARED WITH APRIL 1987.
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IN WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL
THE MAJOR INCREASES WERE RECORDED HAIR; SILK FABRICS; PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS; AND BASE METALS OTHER THAN IRON AND STEEL. DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERF NOTED FOR RAW COTTON; MAN-MADE FIBRES; AND WOVEN COTTON FABRICS,
IMPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 9 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN APRIL 1988 AS COMPARED WITH APRIL, 1987.
IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY
34 PER CENT IN APRIL 1988 OVER APRIL 1987.
THERE WERE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY; SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT. A DECREASE IN IMPORT VOLUME WAS RECORDED IN TEXTILE MACHINERY.
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