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IMPORTS OF FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN FEBRUARY 1990 COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1989. INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS; SUGAR; AND MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS. DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF WHEAT AND FLOUR; SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD; AND VEGETABLES.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 11 PER CENT.
COMMODITY ITEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME INCLUDED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; FOOTWEAR; AND RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS. DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR PASSENGER MOTOR CARS; CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY; AND TOBACCO
* MANUFACTURES.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN FEBRUARY 1990 COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1989.
THE MAJOR DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR; BASE METALS (OTHER THAN IRON AND STEELS); AND MAN-MADE FIBRES. INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FIBRES; PAPER AND PAPERBOARD; AND YARN OF MAN-MADE FIBRES.
IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 35 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN FEBRUARY 1990 AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1989.
AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME DECREASED BY 7 PER CENT IN FEBRUARY 1990 OVER FEBRUARY 1989. DECREASES IN THE IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR TEXTILE MACHINERY AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY AND OFFICE MACHINES SHOWED SOME INCREASES.
COMPARING FEBRUARY 1990 WITH FEBRUARY 1989, THE IMPORT PRICES OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED: FUELS (+10 PER CENT); CONSUMER GOODS (+6 PER CENT); FOODSTUFFS (+3 PER CENT); AND CAPITAL GOODS (+1 PER CENT). THE IMPORT PRICES OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR FEBRUARY 1990 AS COMPARED WITH ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
OF RE-EXPORTS FEBRUARY
1989
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THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS; CONSUMER GOODS; FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 38 PER CENT, 13 PER CENT, AND 6 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN FEBRUARY 1990 AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1989. HOWEVER, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES; AND CAPITAL GOODS DECREASED BY 3 PER CENT AND 1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN FEBRUARY 1990 COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1989: FUELS (+18 PER CENT); CONSUMER GOODS (+5 PER CENT); CAPITAL GOODS (+4 PER CENT); RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+4 PER CENT) AND FOODSTUFFS (+2 PER CENT).
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