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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1988
PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS BOTH ROSE BY 3 PER CENT, THE TERMS OF WHILE THOSE OF IMPORTS ROSE BY 4 PER CENT. AS A RESULT,
OF TOTAL EXPORT PRICE
TO INDEX TRADE INDEX (EXPRESSED AS A RATIO IMPORT PRICE INDEX) DROPPED BY 1 PER CENT.
AS REGARDS PRICE CHANGES OVER THE SAME
ACCOUNT EXCEPT FOR PRICE INDEXES ARE
PRICES ARE BASED ON UNIT VALUES WHICH DO NOT TAKE INTO CHANGES IN THE COMPOSITION OR QUALITY OF GOODS TRADED, SOME SELECTED COMMODITIES FOR WHICH SPECIFICATION AVAILABLE.
OF
PER
COMPARING THE MONTH OF JULY 1988 WITH JULY 1987, THE VOLUME
CENT AND 43 DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 4 PER
AND EXPORTS
RE-EXPORTS CENT RESPECTIVELY.
VOLUME TERMS. IMPORT TOGETHER, TOTAL EXPORTS GREW BY 22 PER CENT IN VOLUME INCREASED BY 28 PER CENT,
HENCE,
TAKING DOMESTIC
PRICES OF DOMESTIC
DURING THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 2 PER CENT AND 3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. PRICES OF IMPORTS ROSE BY 4 PER CENT.
AND VOLUME OF DOMESTIC
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP FOR JULY 1988 AS COMPARED ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
WITH
JULY 1987
THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF AS CAN BE SEEN FROM TABLE 1
1987, MOST COMMODITY GROUPS DECREASED IN JULY 1988 COMPARED WITH JULY
PER (-43
CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL INCLUDING RADIOS OF ALL KINDS
(-11 PER CENT): APPLIANCES (-14 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD
GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR TEXTILE FABRICS (-10 PER CENT); TRAVEL
SCRAP ARTICLES (-10 PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (-9 PER CENT); METAL ORES AND
(-5 PER CENT); (-9 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES AND CLOTHING (-3 PER CENT).
VOLUME WERE MORE COMPONENTS (+40 PER WATCHES AND CLOCKS
HOWEVER, THESE DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT THAN OFFSET BY INCREASES RECORDED IN ELECTRONIC CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (+26 PER
CENT); AND
(+6 PER CENT).
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