THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1990
PRICES ARE BASED ON UNIT VALUES WHICH DO NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT CHANGES IN THE COMPOSITION OR QUALITY OF GOODS TRADED, EXCEPT FOR SOME SELECTED COMMODITIES FOR WHICH SPECIFICATION PRICE INDEXES AVAILABLE.
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CARE SHOULD BE EXERCISED IN INTERPRETING THE CHANGES IN VOLUME OF TRADE IN ANY INDIVIDUAL MONTH IN ISOLATION, IN VIEW OF FLUCTUATIONS THAT MAY OCCUR FROM MONTH TO MONTH. IN PARTICULAR, TRADE FIGURES FOR THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF THE YEAR ARE LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY THE TIMING OF THE LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS.
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COMPARING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 1990 WITH FEBRUARY 1989, THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS DECREASED BY 7 PER CENT, WHILE THAT OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 5 PER CENT. AS SUCH, TOTAL EXPORTS SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE IN VOLUME TERMS. THE VOLUME OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY 3 PER CENT.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 2 PER CENT AND 4 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. IMPORT PRICES INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP FOR FEBRUARY 1990 AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1989 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
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THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS DECREASED IN FEBRUARY 1990 COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1989, INCLUDING RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-41 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-37 PER CENT); METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-32 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-28 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-25 PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (-25 PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (-23 PER CENT); AND CLOTHING (-21 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF AND TEXTILE FABRICS GREW BY 25 PER CENT AND 15 IN VOLUME TERMS.
ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS PER CENT RESPECTIVELY
THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN FEBRUARY 1990 COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1989. THESE INCLUDED METAL MANUFACTURES (+7 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+4 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (+3 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+2 PER CENT); CLOTHING (+2 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+2 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+1 PER CENT); AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+1 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED IN METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-6 PER
PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (-2 PER CENT) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-1 PER CENT).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS END-USE CATEGORY FOR FEBRUARY 1990 AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1989 SHOWN IN TABLE 2.
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