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PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN OCTOBER 1989 COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1988.
THESE INCLUDED TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+7 PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (+7 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+7 PER CENT); CLOTHING (+4 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+4 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (+3 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+3 PER CENT); ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS CENT); AND RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+1 PER CENT).
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HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED FOOTWEAR (-3 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-2 PER CENT); AND METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-1 PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR OCTOBER 1989 AS COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1988 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.
AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORTS OF FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 4 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN OCTOBER 1989 COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1988. DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF WHEAT AND FLOUR;
TEA AND COFFEE; FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS AND VEGETABLES. INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RICE; CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS (OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR); AND SUGAR.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 10 PER CENT, THE COMMODITY ITEMS WITH MORE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES INCLUDED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; FOOTWEAR AND CLOTHING. DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR PASSENGER MOTOR
CARS; AND RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS,
RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS.
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THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES DECREASED BY 4 PER CENT IN OCTOBER 1989 COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1988. DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR MAN-MADE FIBRES; IRON AND STEEL; BASE METALS, EXCLUDING IRON AND STEEL; AND WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR. SOME COMMODITY ITEMS RECORDED INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME, NOTABLY WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK; FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FIBRES; AND LEATHER AND DRESSED FUR SKINS.
IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 80 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN OCTOBER 1989 AS COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1988.
IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME DECREASED BY 2 PER CENT IN OCTOBER 1989 AS COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1988. THERE WERE DECREASES IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY; TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT AND TEXTILE MACHINERY. INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF OFFICE MACHINES AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.
COMPARING THE IMPORT PRICES IN OCTOBER 1989 WiTH THOSE IN OCTOBER 1988, ALL END-USE CATEGORIES SHOWED SOME INCREASES: FUELS (+21 PER CENT); CONSUMER GOODS (+6 PER CENT); CAPITAL GOODS (+4 PER CENT); FOODSTUFFY (+4 PER CENT) AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES PER CENT).
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