THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1989
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PRICE, VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN SEPTEMBER
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GREW BY 2 PER THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS
MONTHS OF 1989 CENT AND 24 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN THE FIRST NINE
THE SAME COMPARED WITH
PERIOD 1N 1988, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
14 PER TAKING THEM TOGETHER, THERE WAS AN OVERALL INCREASE OF
VOLUME CENT IN THE
BY EXPORTS. TOTAL
IMPORTS ALSO INCREASED 14 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.
OF
FROM THE
GROWTH
THE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF TRADE IS DERIVED IN TRADE VALUES, HAVING DISCOUNTED THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES.
COMPARISON,
CENT AND PER CENT.
OF TOTAL
PERIOD OF AS REGARDS PRICE CHANGES OVER THE SAME THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 3 PER
4 6 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THOSE OF IMPORTS ROSE BY AS A RESULT, THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX (EXPRESSED AS A RATIO EXPORT PRICE INDEX TO IMPORT PRICE INDEX) ROSE BY 1 PER CENT.
ACCOUNT
FOR
ARE
PRICES ARE BASED ON UNIT VALUES WHICH DO NOT TAKE INTO
OF CHANGES IN THE COMPOSITION OR QUALITY
GOODS TRADED, EXCEPT PRICE INDEXES SOME SELECTED COMMODITIES FOR WHICH SPECIFICATION AVAILABLE.
PER
THE
THAT OF EXPORTS AND
COMPARING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 1989 WITH SEPTEMBER 1988,
WHILE CENT, VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS DECREASED BY 5
PER CENT. TAKING DOMESTIC RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 10 RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER, TOTAL EXPORTS GREW BY 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS. IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF
COMPARISON,
THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 3 PER CENT AND 6 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. PRICES OF IMPORTS ROSE BY 3 PER CENT.
AND VOLUME OF DOMESTIC SEPTEMBER
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP FOR SEPTEMBER 1989 COMPARED WITH 1988 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
SOME COMMODITY
GROUPS
THE DOMESTIC EXPORT AS CAN BE SEEN FROM TABLE 1,
DECREASED IN SEPTEMBER
1989
COMPARED
VOLUME OF WITH
SEPTEMBER 1988.
THIS INCLUDED RADIOS OF ALL
MANUFACTURES (-39 PER CENT); METAL HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES APPLIANCES (-21 PER CENT); AND TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND (-18 PER CENT),
KINDS (-39 (-28 PER PER (-25
CENT);
DOMESTIC
PER CENT); FOOTWEAR CENT); TRAVEL GOODS,
ELECTRICAL RELATED ARTICLES
NEVERTHELESS, INCREASES
IN
DOMESTIC
EXPORT
VOLUME
WERE
(+13 PER CENT); ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS RECORDED IN TEXTILE FABRICS
TEXTILE YARN AND (+8 PER CENT); METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+7 PER CENT);
AND CLOTHING THREAD (+5 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+3 PER CENT); (+2 PER CENT).
/PRICES OF