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FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1990
BY
COMPARED
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS END-USE CATEGORY FOR DECEMBER AND THE WHOLE YEAR OF 1989 AS WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIODS IN 1988 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.
AS
3
WERE
PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORTS OF FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN 1989 COMPARED WITH 1988. INCREASES
AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CEREALS
PEANUT OIL AND OF TEA (OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR); SOYA BEAN OIL, LARD; AND RICE. DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME AND COFFEE; AND FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF OVER THE
PERIOD OF COMPARISON, SAME
IMPORT VOLUME CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 17 PER CENT. INCREASES IN
AND HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL WERE NOTED FOR FOOTWEAR; CLOTHING
IMPORT VOLUME APPLIANCES. HOWEVER, THERE WAS A DECREASE IN THE PASSENGER MOTOR CARS.
THE
VOLUME IMPORT
OF RAW
OF
MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES 1988. INCREASES IN BY 4 PER CENT IN 1989 COMPARED WITH INCREASED IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR RAW COTTON; SPECIAL TEXTILE FABRICS INDUSTRIAL PURPOSE AND YARN OF MAN-MADE FIBRES, SOME OTHER ITEMS RECORDED DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME, NOTABLY CRUDE VEGETABLE MATERIALS; BASE METALS AND IRON AND STEEL.
IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 26 PER CENT IN VOLUME
1989 AS COMPARED WITH 1988.
FOR
COMMODITY
AND
ANIMAL
TERMS IN
IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 6 PER CENT IN 1989 AS COMPARED WITH 1988. THERE WERE INCREASES IN THE IMPORT MACHINES AND ELECTRICAL VOLUME OF TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT; MACHINERY.
HOWEVER, DECREASES
OFFICE
RECORDED IN WERE
THE
IMPORT
CONTROLLING
VOLUME INSTRUMENTS
OF
SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND AND APPARATUS; AND TEXTILE MACHINERY.
1988, ALL PER CENT); FOODSTUFFS
COMPARING THE IMPORT PRICES IN 1989 WITH THOSE IN
FUELS (+12 SHOWED SOME INCREASES: END-USE CATEGORIES CONSUMER GOODS (+5 PER CENT); CAPITAL GOODS (+3 PER CENT); (+3 PER CENT) AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+2 PER CENT).
RE-EXPORTS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF
YEAR OF 1989 AS FOR CATEGORY BY END-USE
DECEMBER AND THE WHOLE COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIODS IN 1988 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
OF
AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF FUELS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY BY 135 PER CENT IN 1989 AS COMPARED WITH 1988. THOSE
SEMI-MANUFACTURES CONSUMER GOODS; CAPITAL GOODS AND RAW MATERIALS AND
CENT RESPECTIVELY. INCREASED BY 34 PER CENT, 17 PER CENT AND 3 PER HOWEVER, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 4 PER CENT.
INCREASED IN MATERIALS AND
PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES 1989 AS COMPARED WITH 1988: FUELS (+11 PER CENT); RAW SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+7 PER CENT); CONSUMER GOODS (+6 PER CENT); CAPITAL GOODS (+5 PER CENT) AND FOODSTUFFS (+5 PER CENT).
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