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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1989
IN
PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS
WITH
INCREASED JUNE 1988. THESE INCLUDED METAL JUNE 1989 COMPARED MANUFACTURES (+12 PER CENT; TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+6 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+5 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, THREAD HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+4 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND
(+2 PER (+3 PER CENT): CLOTHING (+2 PER CENT); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS CENT); METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+1 PER CENT); AND FOOTWEAR +1 PER CENT).
HOWEVER. DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-9 PER CENT); AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-1 CENT). DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES OF TEXTILE FABRICS REMAINED UNCHANGED.
IN
PER
BY
SHOWN IN
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS END-USE CATEGORY FOR JUNE 1989 COMPARED WITH JUNE 1988 ARE TABLE 2.
PER
5 AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORTS OF FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY
JUNE 1988. CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN JUNE 1989 COMPARED WITH
OF CEREALS SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME
SOYA BEAN CEREAL PREPARATIONS OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR; OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD; AND SWINE.
AND
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SUGAR; TEA AND COFFEE; AND WHEAT AND FLOUR.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 21 PER CENT. THE COMMODITY ITEMS WITH MORE CLOTHING; AND ALCOHOLIC FOOTWEAR; SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES INCLUDED BEVERAGES. DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR PASSENGER CARS; AND CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY,
MOTOR
ROSE THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES
WITH JUNE 1988. THE MAJOR BY 5 PER CENT IN JUNE 1989 COMPARED
AND DRESSED INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF LEATHER
AND REFRACTORY CLAY
CONSTRUCTION FUR SKINS; MAN-MADE FIBRES; MATERIALS, BUILDING MATERIALS, ETC., EXCEPT GLASS; AND SPECIAL TEXTILE NOTED FABRICS FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSE. DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE FOR PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS; IRON AND STEEL; AND WATCH MOVEMENTS, CASES AND PARTS.
IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 66 PER CENT IN VOLUME JUNE 1989 COMPARED WITH JUNE 1988.
AND CLOCK
TERMS IN
BY
IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED
1988. THERE WERE SUBSTANTIAL 15 PER CENT IN JUNE 1989 OVER JUNE
EQUIPMENT; TRANSPORT
ELECTRICAL INCREASES IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MACHINERY; AND INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY, OTHER THAN TEXTILE MACHINERY ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.
AND
VOLUME OF SCIENTIFIC
DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS ; TEXTILE MACHINERY AND CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY.
/COMPARING JUNE