MONDAY, MAY 8, 1989
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HOWEVER, THESE DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE OFFSET INCREASES RECORDED IN ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+40 PER CENT): METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+16 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+13 PER CENT); AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+4 PER CENT).
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PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED FEBRUARY 1989 COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1988. THESE INCLUDED METAL MANUFACTURES (+11 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES [ +7 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES 1+6 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+5 PER CENT); FOOTWEAR [ +3 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+3 PER CENT}; TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+3 PER CENT); AND METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+2 PER CENT); AND CLOTHING (+1 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED IN ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-3 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (-1) PER CENT); AND RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-1 PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR FEBRUARY 1989 AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1988 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.
AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 15 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN FEBRUARY 1989 COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1988. SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF WHEAT AND FLOUR: SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD; SUGAR AND VEGETABLES.
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS; AND TEA AND COFFEE.
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OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 32 PER CENT. THE COMMODITY ITEMS WITH MORE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES INCLUDED RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS; TOBACCO MANUFACTURES; AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES ROSE BY
26 PER CENT IN FEBRUARY 1989 COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1988.
THE MAJOR INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MAN- MADE FIBRES; SPECIAL TEXTILE FABRICS FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSE; WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR; AND COTTON YARN AND THREAD. DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS; AND FABRICS OF WOOL AND MIXTURES.
IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 50 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN FEBRUARY 1989 AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1988.
IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 36 PER CENT IN FEBRUARY 1989 OVER FEBRUARY 1988. THERE WERE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; TEXTILE MACHINERY; AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT. A DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY.
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