THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1991
THESE INCLUDED FOOTWEAR (+5%); METAL MANUFACTURES (+5%); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+3%); CLOTHING (+3%); TEXTILE FABRICS (+2%).
APPLIANCES;
THOSE OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS; DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL AND TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES ALL INCREASED BY 1%.
IN
TEXTILE
HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-3%); ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-2%); AND MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-1%).
BY THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS
1990 ARE END-USE CATEGORY FOR JANUARY 1991 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY SHOWN IN TABLE 2.
IMPORTS
FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 12% IN VOLUME OF 1991 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1990.
IN
JANUARY
IN
PARTICULAR,
SIGNIFICANT
INCREASES WERE
IN
RECORDED
THE FISH PREPARATIONS; AND IMPORT VOLUME OF WHEAT AND FLOUR; FISH AND
AND FLOUR). CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS (OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF LIVE POULTRY; FRUIT; AND VEGETABLES.
SWINE;
THE
SAME
OVER
PERIOD OF COMPARISON, CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 40%.
THE
IMPORT
VOLUME
OF
IMPORT VOLUME RADIOS,
COMMODITY ITEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN INCLUDED HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES; FOOTWEAR; AND TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS.
THE
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED BY 47% IN JANUARY 1991 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1990. MORE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FIBRES; AND IRON AND STEEL.
FOR MAN-MADE
LUMBER DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF WOOD,
MATERIALS, BUILDING AND CORK; AND CLAY AND REFRACTORY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, AND SO ON, EXCEPT GLASS.
IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 61% IN VOLUME IN JANUARY 1991 COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1990.
AS
AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 53% IN JANUARY 1991 OVER JANUARY 1990.
SIGNIFICANT
RECORDED
IN
IN THE IMPORT VOLUME WERE INCREASES TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL MACHINERY; AND OFFICE MACHINES.
HOWEVER,
A
DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN
THE
IMPORT
CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY.
OF
(+34%);
VOLUME OF
PRICES CAPITAL GOODS
COMPARING JANUARY 1991 WITH JANUARY 1990, THE IMPORT ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED: FUELS (+4%); FOODSTUFFS (+4%); CONSUMER GOODS (+3%); AND RAW MATERIALS SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+1%).
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/THE CHANGES