MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1989
8
INCREASED PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS
MANUFACTURES IN MAY 1989 COMPARED WITH MAY 1988, THESE INCLUDED METAL (+11 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+8 PER CENT }; DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+7 PER CENT) METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+4 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+4 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN
CENT); AND THREAD (+2 PER CENT); CLOTHING (+2 PER FOOTWEAR (+2 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED
(-1 ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-9 PER CENT); AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS CENT). DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES OF TEXTILE FABRICS; AND RADIOS OF KINDS REMAINED UNCHANGED.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS END-USE CATEGORY FOR MAY 1989 AS COMPARED WITH MAY 1988 ARE SHOWN TABLE 2.
AND
IN
PER
ALL
BY
IN
FER
AS
2
1988.
AND
IN
PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORTS OF FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY
TERMS CENT IN VOLUME
MAY IN MAY
COMPARED WITH 1989 SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF WHEAT FLOUR; MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS AND CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR, HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED THE IMPORT VOLUME OF TEA AND COFFEE; AND SWINE.
SAME
THE
OF
OVER THE
PERIOD OF COMPARISON,
IMPORT VOLUME CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 29 PER CENT. THE COMMODITY ITEMS WITH MORE TELEVISION SETS, SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES INCLUDED FOOTWEAR: AND RADIOS,
TAPE RECORDERS AND GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS,
DECREASES IN AMPLIFIERS.
IMPORT
NOTED FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; AND CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY.
VOLUME WERE
ROSE
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES BY 13 PER CENT IN MAY 1989 COMPARED WITH MAY 1988. THE MAJOR INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW COTTON: MAN-MADE FIBRES; AND NOTED FOR PLASTIC IRON AND STEEL. DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE MOULDING MATERIALS; BASE METALS, OTHER THAN IRON AND STEEL; AND ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS.
IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 42 PER CENT IN VOLUME MAY 1989 COMPARED WITH MAY 1988.
IN
CRUDE
TERMS IN
BY
THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED 17 PER CENT IN MAY 1989 OVER
1988. MAY
THERE WERE
WAS
THE INCREASES IN SUBSTANTIAL CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY; TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT: AND OFFICE DECREASE
RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS.
SCIENTIFIC.
IMPORT
VOLUME OF MACHINES. A
MEDICAL,
COMPARING MAY 1989 WITH MAY 1988. IMPORT PRICES OF ALL
FUELS (+10 PER CENT); CONSUMER GOODS (+5 CATEGORIES INCREASED: CENT); FOODSTUFFS (+4 PER CENT); RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+3 PER CENT); AND CAPITAL GOODS (+2 PER CENT).
END-USE
PER
THE CHANGES