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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1989
BY
SHOWN
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS END-USE CATEGORY FOR MARCH 1989 AS COMPARED WITH MARCH 1988 ARE IN TABLE 2.
AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN MARCH 1989 COMPARED WITH MARCH 1988.
WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT INCREASES AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS OTHER THAN CEREALS
OIL AND PEANUT
LARD; SOYA
SUGAR; FLOUR;
SIGNIFICANT
PREPARATIONS.
OVER
BEAN
OIL,
THE
BY 19
RICE, AND MEAT
VOLUME OF WHEAT AND AND MEAT
OF TEA
OF
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME AND COFFEE; WHEAT AND FLOUR; AND LIVE POULTRY.
VOLUME IMPORT SAME THE
PERIOD OF COMPARISON, CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 31 PER CENT. THE COMMODITY ITEMS WITH MORE TOBACCO MANUFACTURES; RADIOS, SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES INCLUDED
AMPLIFIERS; TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND
AND FOOTWEAR.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES BY 20 PER CENT IN MARCH 1989 COMPARED WITH MARCH 1988.
ROSE
MAN- AND SPECIAL
THE MAJOR INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MADE FIBRES; SILK FABRICS; WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR; TEXTILE FABRICS FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSE.
DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR CLAY AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, BUILDING MATERIALS, ETC., EXCEPT PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS.
IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 59 PER CENT IN VOLUME MARCH 1989 AS COMPARED WITH MARCH 1988.
REFRACTORY
GLASS; AND
TERMS IN
BY
IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED
THERE WERE SUBSTANTIAL 24 PER CENT IN MARCH 1989 OVER MARCH 1988. INCREASES IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY AND TEXTILE MACHINERY.
COMPARING MARCH 1989 WITH MARCH 1988, IMPORT PRICES OF ALL END- CONSUMER GOODS USE CATEGORIES INCREASED. IMPORT PRICES OF FUELS AND INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT AND 5 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THOSE OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES AND FOODSTUFFS BOTH INCREASED BY 4 PER CENT. IMPORT PRICES OF CAPITAL GOODS ROSE BY 3 PER CENT.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR MARCH 1989 AS COMPARED WITH MARCH SHOWN IN TABLE 3
RE-EXPORTS 1988 ARE
ALL END-USE WITH THE MATERIALS AND
AS DEPIC TEJ IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF CATEGORIES INCREASEU IN MARCH 1989 COMPARED WITH MARCH 1988, PERCENTAGE INCREASES RANGING FROM 19 PER CENT FOR RAW SEMI-MANUFACTURES TO 50 PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS.
PRICES OF
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
AND RE-EXPORTS OF RAW MATERIALS INCREASED BY 8 PER CENT IN MARCH 1989 AS COMPARED WITH MARCH 1988.
/RE-EXPORT PRICES