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OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 24 PER CENT. COMMODITY ITEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME INCLUDED PASSENGER MOTOR CARS; FOOTWEAR; AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES. DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED BY 31 PER CENT IN OCTOBER 1990 AS COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1989. INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK; PAPER AND PAPERBOARD; AND IRON AND STEEL. DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW COTTON; AND WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR.
IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 13 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN
OCTOBER 1990 AS COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1989.
AS FOR CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 17 PER CENT IN OCTOBER 1990 OVER OCTOBER 1989. INCREASES IN THE IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED IN TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT; SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY.
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ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN OTHER INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY (OTHER THAN TEXTILE MACHINERY AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY).
COMPARING OCTOBER 1990 WITH OCTOBER 1989, THE IMPORT PRICES OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED: FUELS (+45 PER CENT); CAPITAL GOODS (+ SIX PER CENT); CONSUMER GOODS (+ FOUR PER CENT}; AND FOODSTUFFS (+ THREE PER CENT), ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT PRICES OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES DECREASED BY ONE PER CENT.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE- EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR OCTOBER 1990 AS COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1989 WERE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
COMPARING OCTOBER 1990 WITH OCTOBER 1989, THE VOLUME OF RE- EXPORTS OF CONSUMER GOODS; FOODSTUFFS; RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI- MANUFACTURES; AND CAPITAL GOODS INCREASED BY 31 PER CENT, 28 PER CENT, 27 PER CENT AND 25 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 27 PER CENT.
PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN OCTOBER 1990 AS COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1989: FUELS
(+10 PER CENT); CONSUMER GOODS (+ THREE PER CENT); FOODSTUFFS (+ TWO PER CENT); AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+ TWO PER CENT). PRICES OF CAPITAL GOODS WERE VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED.
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