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ALL COMPARING MARCH 1991 WITH MARCH 1990, THE IMPORT PRICES OF
CAPITAL GOODS (+5%); FUELS (+29%); END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED:
AND SEMI- CONSUMER GOODS (+3%); FOODSTUFFS (+3%); AND RAW MATERIALS MANUFACTURES (+2%).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF
1991 AS COMPARED WITH MARCH END-USE CATEGORY FOR MARCH SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
BY
RE-EXPORTS 1990 ARE
COMPARING MARCH 1991 WITH MARCH 1990, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS (+8%); CONSUMER INCREASED BY 7% : FOODSTUFFS (+16%); CAPITAL GOODS GOODS (+7%); AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+7%).
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF FUELS DECREASED
BY
(+3%); RAW
36%.
THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN FUELS (+41%); FOODSTUFFS MARCH 1991 AS COMPARED WITH MARCH 1990:
AND MATERIALS
(+4%);
GOODS CONSUMER (+2%); AND CAPITAL GOODS (+1%).
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TABLE 1: CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY GROUP
COMPARING MAR 1991 WITH MAR 1990
COMPARING JAN-MAR 1991 WITH JAN-MAR 1990
COMMODITY GROUP
VALUE
UNIT VALUE
UNIT
VOLUME
VALUE
VALUE
VOLUME
X
%
X
%%
CLOTHING
TEXTILE FABRICS
-15
3
-18
7
3
-8
3
-11
-2
3
TEXTILE YARN AND
THREAD
- 17
5
-21
-10
3
-13
TEXTILE MADE-UPS
AND RELATED
ARTICLES
-44
3
-45
-28
1
-29
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