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COMPARING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 1988 WITH DECEMBER 1987, VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 10 PER CENT AND 42 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. HENCE, TAKING DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER, TOTAL EXPORTS GREW BY 26 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS. IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 25 PER CENT.
DURING THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 2 PER CENT AND 4 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. PRICES OF IMPORTS ROSE BY 4 PER CENT.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP FOR DECEMBER AND THE WHOLE YEAR OF 1988 AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIODS IN 1987 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
AS CAN BE SEEN FROM TABLE 1, THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF A NUMBER OF COMMODITY GROUPS DECREASED IN 1988 COMPARED WITH 1987, INCLUDING RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-35 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS
AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-12 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (- 7 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-5 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (- 4 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-2 PER CENT); AND FOOTWEAR (-1 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, THESE DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERB MORE THAN OFFSET BY INCREASES RECORDED IN ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+44 PER CENT) WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+20 PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (+19 PER CENT); METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+18 PER CENT); AND CLOTHING (+2 PER CENT).
GROUPS INCREASED
PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MOST COMMODITY OVER THE SAME PERIOD. THESE INCLUDED METAL MANUFACTURES (+7 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+5 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+4 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+3 PER CENT); METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+3 PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (+3 PER CENT); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+2 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+1 PER CENT); CLOTHING (+1 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (+1 PER CENT);
GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+1 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, A DECREASE IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WAS ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-2 PER CENT).
AND TRAVEL
RECORDED IN
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF END-USE CATEGORY FOR DECEMBER AND THE WHOLE YEAR OF 1988 WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIODS IN 1987 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.
IMPORTS BY
AS COMPARED
AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN 1988 COMPARED WITH 1987.
BY 16
SUGAR;
SIGNIFICANT GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF TEA AND COFFEE; AND VEGETABLES. HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR LIVE POULTRY; AND SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD.
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