FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1989
PRICE. VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN JUNE
THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS GREW BY 4 PER COMPARED CENT AND 29 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1989 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1988, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
TAKING THEM TOGETHER, THERE WAS AN OVERALL INCREASE OF 17 CENT IN THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS. IMPORTS INCREASED BY 20 PER IN VOLUME TERMS.
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THE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF TRADE IS DERIVED FROM THE GROWTH IN TRADE VALUES, HAVING DISCOUNTED THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES.
OF COMPARISON, AS REGARDS PRICE CHANGES OVER THE SAME PERIOD THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 3 PER CENT AND 6 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THOSE OF IMPORTS ROSE BY 4 PER CENT. AS A RESULT, THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX (EXPRESSED AS A RATIO OF TOTAL EXPORT PRICE INDEX TO IMPORT PRICE INDEX) ROSE BY 1 PER CENT.
ACCOUNT PRICES ARE BASED ON UNIT VALUES WHICH DO NOT TAKE INTO CHANGES IN THE COMPOSITION OR QUALITY OF GOODS TRADED, EXCEPT FOR SOME
INDEXES PRICE FOR WHICH SPECIFICATION COMMODITIES SELECTED AVAILABLE.
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COMPARING THE MONTH OF JUNE 1989 WITH JUNE 1988, THE VOLUME
THAT OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT, AND DOMESTIC EXPORTS
EXPORTS AND RE- INCREASED BY 25 PER CENT. HENCE, TAKING DOMESTIC
TERMS. EXPORTS TOGETHER, TOTAL EXPORTS GREW BY 15 PER CENT IN VOLUME IMPORT VOLUME ALSO INCREASED BY 12 PER CENT.
PRICES OF DOMESTIC
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 3 PER CENT AND 7 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. PRICES OF IMPORTS ROSE BY 3 PER CENT.
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OF DOMESTIC THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP FOR JUNE 1989 COMPARED WITH JUNE 1988 SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
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1, THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF SOME AS CAN BE SEEN FROM TABLE
1988, IN JUNE 1989 COMPARED WITH JUNE COMMODITY GROUPS DECREASED
CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-39 PER INCLUDING APPLIANCES (-24 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES
CLOCKS PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-11 PER CENT); PER METAL MANUFACTURES (-11 PER CENT); AND WATCHES AND CENT).
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NEVERTHELESS, INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FABRICS (+16 PER
PER CENT);
IN ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+19 PER CENT); TEXTILE CENT); CLOTHING (+9 PER CENT); METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+7 FOOTWEAR (+1 PER CENT); AND TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+1 PER CENT).
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