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THE DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES OF CLOTHING; TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD; AND TEXTILE FABRICS ALSO INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT, AND THOSE OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS; TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES; AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS ALL BY 1 PER CENT.
HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED IN METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-5 PER CENT); AND TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-2 PER CENT).
BY
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS END-USE CATEGORY FOR AUGUST 1990 AS COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1989 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.
IMPORTS OF FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 6 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN AUGUST 1990 AS COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1989. INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND
LIVE LARD; POULTRY; AND MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS. DECREASES WERE RECORDED THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SUGAR AND RICE.
IN
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF COMMODITY ITEMS WITH
RECORDS,
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 21 PER CENT. CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME INCLUDED TOBACCO MANUFACTURES;
AND FOOTWEAR;
GRAMOPHONES, RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS, DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN THE IMPORT OF PASSENGER MOTOR CARS.
TAPE
VOLUME
1989.
AND
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED BY 13 PER CENT IN AUGUST 1990 AS COMPARED WITH AUGUST INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK; WATCH AND CLOCK MOVEMENTS, CASES AND PARTS. DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR; WOVEN COTTON FABRICS; AND BASE METALS (OTHER THAN IRON AND STEEL).
IMPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 10 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN AUGUST 1990 AS COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1989.
PER AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 7 CENT IN AUGUST 1990 OVER AUGUST 1989. INCREASES IN THE IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED IN CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY; SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; AND OFFICE MACHINES. ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN OTHER INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY (OTHER THAN TEXTILE MACHINERY AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY); AND TEXTILE MACHINERY.
COMPARING AUGUST 1990 WITH AUGUST 1989, THE IMPORT PRICES OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED FUELS (+14 PER CENT); CAPITAL (+2 GOODS (+4 PER CENT); CONSUMER GOODS (+4 PER CENT); AND FOODSTUFFS PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT PRICES OF RAW MATERIALS SEMI-MANUFACTURES DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT.
THE
AND
RE-EXPORTS
ARE
CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR AUGUST 1990 AS COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1989 SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
AUGUST 1990 COMPARING
VOLUME WITH AUGUST 1989, THE EXPORTS OF CONSUMER GOODS AND CAPITAL GOODS INCREASED BY 29 PER
CENT RESPECTIVELY. THOSE OF AND 10 PER
RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI- 1 PER MANUFACTURES AND FOODSTUFFS ALSO INCREASED BY 5 PER CENT AND CENT RESPECTIVELY.
OF ON THE OTHER HAND, THE VOLUME FUELS DECREASED BY 37 PER CENT.
OF RE- CENT
RE-EXPORTS
OF
/PRICES OF