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PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN NOVEMBER 1989 COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1988. THESE INCLUDED METAL MANUFACTURES (+7 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+6 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+6 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+5 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (+4 PER PER CENT); CLOTHING (+4 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+1 CENT); AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+1 PER CENT).
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CENT);
DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED HOWEVER,
OF ALL KINDS (-3 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-3 PER RADIOS FOOTWEAR (-2 PER CENT) AND METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-1 PER CENT).
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THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS END-USE CATEGORY FOR NOVEMBER 1989 AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1988 ARB SHOWN IN TABLE 2.
1 AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORTS OF FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN NOVEMBER 1989 COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1988.
DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF TEA AND COFFEE; FISH
THE AND FISH PREPARATIONS AND SWINE. INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN IMPORT VOLUME OF SUGAR; SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD; AND AND FLOUR.
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OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT.
DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR PASSENGER MOTOR CARS AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. THE COMMODITY ITEMS WITH INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME INCLUDED FOOTWEAR; CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY; AND CLOTHING.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES DECREASED BY 11 PER CENT IN NOVEMBER 1989 COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1988.
DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL IRON HAIR;
AND STEEL; AND YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES. SOME OTHER COMMODITY ITEMS RECORDED INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME, NOTABLY RAW COTTON; WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK; AND FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FIBRES.
IMPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 12 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN NOVEMBER 1989 AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1988.
IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY. IMPORT VOLUME DECREASED BY 12 PER CENT IN NOVEMBER 1989 AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1988. THERE WERE DECREASES IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY; AND INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY, OTHER THAN TEXTILE MACHINERY AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.
HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF OFFICE MACHINES AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.
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