TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1988
THE MAJOR INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS; THERMIONIC CATHODE VALVES AND
TUBES, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS; AND WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR.
DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR COTTON THREAD; AND YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES.
YARN AND
IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 38 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN SEPTEMBER 1988 COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1987.
IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 25 PER CENT IN SEPTEMBER 1988 OVER SEPTEMBER 1987.
OF
THERE WERE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN THE IMPORT VOLUME CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY; INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY OTHER THAN TEXTILE AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.
HOWEVER, A DECREASE IN IMPORT VOLUME WAS REGISTERED TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT.
FOR
OF THOSE OF INCREASED
COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1988 WITH SEPTEMBER 1987, IMPORT PRICES CAPITAL GOODS AND FOODSTUFFS BOTH ROSE BY 5 PER CENT, WHILE CONSUMER GOODS AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES BOTH BY 4 PER CENT. HOWEVER, PRICES OF IMPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 9 PER CENT.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR SEPTEMBER 1988 COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1987 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN SEPTEMBER 1988 WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1987, WITH THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE RANGING FROM 34 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS TO 119 PER CENT FOR FUELS.
PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF CAPITAL GOODS INCREASED BY 6 PER CENT IN SEPTEMBER 1988 WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1987. RE-EXPORT PRICES OF FOODSTUFFS; AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES BOTH ROSE BY 4 PER CENT. THOSE OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT. ON THE OTHER HAND, PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS DROPPED BY 16 PER CENT.
THE
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INDEXES
TABLE 1: