SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 1991
PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN MARCH 1991
THE
VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY 2%, WHILE THAT RE-EXPORTS GREW BY 22% IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1991 AS COMPARED THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990.
THIS IS ACCORDING TO THE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (SUNDAY) THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
TAKING THEM TOGETHER, THERE WAS AN OVERALL INCREASE OF 15% THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS. IMPORTS INCREASED BY 18% IN VOLUME.
OF
WITH
BY
IN
THE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF TRADE IS DERIVED FROM THE GROWTH IN TRADE VALUES, HAVING DISCOUNTED THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES.
OF
COMPARISON,
BY 2% AND 3% AS A RESULT, THE
AS REGARDS PRICE CHANGES OVER THE SAME PERIOD THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THOSE OF IMPORTS ROSE BY 4%. TERMS OF TRADE INDEX (EXPRESSED AS A RATIO OF TOTAL EXPORT PRICE INDEX TO IMPORT PRICE INDEX) DECREASED BY 1%.
ACCOUNT
PRICES ARE BASED ON UNIT VALUES WHICH DO NOT TAKE INTO CHANGES IN THE COMPOSITION OR QUALITY OF GOODS TRADED, EXCEPT FOR SOME
PRICE INDEXES SELECTED
SPECIFICATION
AVAILABLE.
COMMODITIES
FOR
WHICH
ARB
OF
COMPARING THE MONTH OF MARCH 1991 WITH MARCH 1990, THE
THAT WHILE BY 11%, DOMESTIC EXPORTS DECREASED INCREASED BY 7%.
OF
VOLUME RE-EXPORTS
EXPORTS TOTAL
SHOWED
OF TAKING
THE VOLUME TOGETHER, THEM VIRTUALLY NO CHANGE. THE VOLUME OF IMPORTS GREW BY 8%.
PRICES OF DOMESTIC IMPORT PRICES
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 2% AND 3% RESPECTIVELY. INCREASED BY 3%.
OF DOMESTIC WITH
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL, COMMODITY GROUP FOR MARCH 1991 AS COMPARED MARCH 1990 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
THE
EXPORTS
OF
MOST
COMMODITY
GROUPS
DOMESTIC OF VOLUME DECLINED IN MARCH 1991 AS COMPARED WITH MARCH 1990, INCLUDING FOOTWEAR (-48%); TEXTILE (-51%); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES
ALL KINDS (-34%); MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-45%); RADIOS OF TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-21%); CLOTHING (-18%); DOMESTIC APPLIANCES (-16%); METAL MANUFACTURES (-13%); TEXTILE FABRICS AND METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-6%).
ELECTRICAL
(-11%);
VOLUME WERE
AND WATCHES
CLOCKS
ON THE OTHER HAND, INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT RECORDED IN ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+20%); AND (+6%).
THE
PRICES
OF
DOMESTIC
EXPORTS
OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS
INCREASED IN MARCH 1991 AS COMPARED WITH MARCH 1990.
/THESE INCLUDED
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