FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1989
IN
HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-45 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-21 PER CENT); AND DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-13 CENT).
IN
PER
INCREASED METAL PER
INCLUDED
PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MANY COMMODITY GROUPS
1988 COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1987. THESE NOVEMBER MANUFACTURES (+12 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+6 CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES 16 PER CENT); WATCHES AND FOOTWEAR CLOCKS (+4 PER CENT); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+2 PER CENT): AND (+1 PER CENT).
AND
IN HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED
PER CENT): ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-3 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (-3 AND CLOTHING (-1 PER CENT). DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES OF METAL ORES SCRAP: TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD: AND TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES REMAINED UNCHANGED.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS END-USE CATEGORY FOR NOVEMBER 1988 AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1987 SHOWN IN TABLE 2.
AS
BY
ARE
BY 14
AND
PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN NOVEMBER 1988 COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1987.
IN
VOLUME THE IMPORT
OF TEA SIGNIFICANT GROWTH WAS RECORDED COFFEE; FRUIT;
AND RICE;
FISH AND
HOWEVER, FISH PREPARATIONS.
AND FLOUR: AND DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR WHEAT
SUGAR.
VOLUME OF
DURING THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISION, THE IMPORT CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 44 PER CENT. THE COMMODITY ITEMS WITH MORE
INCLUDED PASSENGER MOTOR SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES
CARS; TOBACCO TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES,
TAPE RECORDS, MANUFACTURES: RADIOS, RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS; AND FOOTWEAR.
HOWEVER,
A DECREASE IN IMPORT VOLUME WAS REGISTERED FOR CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES BY 35 PER CENT IN NOVEMBER 1988 COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1987.
ROSE
AND OTHER
TUBES.
ANIMAL
DIODES,
FABRICS
THE MAJOR INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN WOOL HAIR: IRON AND STEEL; THERMIONIC CATHODE VALVES AND TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS; AND SPECIAL TEXTILE FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES.
DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR RAW COTTON; AND CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS.
IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME NOVEMBER 1988 AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1987.
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TERMS IN
INCREASED
THERE
BY WERE
MACHINERY;
IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY. THE IMPORT VOLUME PER CENT
NOVEMBER
1987. IN
NOVEMBER 1988 OVER SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSTRUCTION OFFICE MACHINES AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.
/COMPARING NOVEMBER