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THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN JUNE 1990 AS COMPARED WITH JUNE 1989. THESE INCLUDED METAL MANUFACTURES (+7 PER CENT); ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+5 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+3 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (+3 PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (+2 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+2 PER CENT}; CLOTHING (+2 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+2 PER CENT); AND DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+1 PER CENT).
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HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED ORES AND SCRAP (-5 PER CENT) AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS PER CENT).
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THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS END-USE CATEGORY FOR JUNE 1990 AS COMPARED WITH JUNE 1989 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.
IMPORTS OF FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN JUNE 1990 AS COMPARED WITH JUNE 1989. DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RICE; SWINE; AND SUGAR. INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF WHEAT AND FLOUR; AND TEA AND COFFEE.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 13 PER CENT. COMMODITY ITEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME INCLUDED TOBACCO MANUFACTURES; : FOOTWEAR; AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. A DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES WAS VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED IN JUNE 1990 AS COMPARED WITH JUNE 1989. INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK; AND WATCH AND CLOCK MOVEMENTS, CASES AND PARTS. DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR; MAN-MADE FIBRES; AND YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES.
IMPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 40 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN JUNE 1990 AS COMPARED WITH JUNE 1989.
AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUMË DECREASED BY 8 PER CENT IN JUNE 1990 OVER JUNE 1989. DECREASES IN THE IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED IN TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT; OTHER INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY (OTHER THAN TEXTILE MACHINERY AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY); AND TEXTILE MACHINERY. ON THE OTHER HAND, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN OFFICE MACHINES; AND SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS.
COMPARING JUNE 1990 WITH JUNE 1989, THE IMPORT PRICES OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED : CONSUMER GOODS (+4 PER CENT); FOODSTUFFS (+4 PER CENT); AND CAPITAL GOODS (+3 PER CENT). IMPORT PRICES OF FUELS SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT PRICES OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR JUNE 1990 AS COMPARED WITH JUNE 1989 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
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