MONDAY, JULY 8, 1991
OF DOMESTIC
1991
THE VOLUME
EXPORTS OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS
WITH AS COMPARED IN APRIL INCREASED
1990, APRIL
INCLUDING YARN ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+36%); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+24%); TEXTILE
DOMESTIC THREAD
(+18%); (+21%); METAL MANUFACTURES APPLIANCES (+10%); TEXTILE FABRICS (+8%); AND TRAVEL GOODS, AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+5%).
AND
ELECTRICAL HANDBAGS
VOLUME WERE
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT RECORDED IN FOOTWEAR (-39%); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-18%); TEXTILE MADE- ORES AND UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-6%); CLOTHING (-1%); AND METAL SCRAP (-1%).
THE
PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF
GROUPS MOST COMMODITY
THESE INCLUDED INCREASED IN APRIL 1991 AS COMPARED WITH APRIL 1990.
(+4%); FOOTWEAR (+5%); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+4%); METAL MANUFACTURES
(+3%); CLOTHING (+3%); TEXTILE FABRICS (+3%); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD
AND RELATED ARTICLES METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+3%); TEXTILE MADE-UPS
GOODS,
HANDBAGS (+2%); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+2%); TRAVEL AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+2%); AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+1%).
HOWEVER, THE DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS DECREASED BY 1%.
BY
SHOWN
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS END-USE CATEGORY FOR APRIL 1991 AS COMPARED WITH APRIL 1990 ARE IN TABLE 2.
AS
1991
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 26% IN APRIL COMPARED WITH APRIL 1990. IN PARTICULAR,
INCREASES SIGNIFICANT WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF WHEAT AND FLOUR; TEA AND COFFEE; FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS; FRUIT; SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD; AND FLOUR; CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS, OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS; VEGETABLES; AND SWINE.
DECREASES WERE
SUGAR; RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF POULTRY; AND MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS.
LIVE
OVER
THE SAME
PERIOD OF COMPARISON, CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 29%.
THE
1MPORT
VOLUME
OF
COMMODITY
VOLUME
INCLUDED
ITEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT TOBACCO MANUFACTURES; PASSENGER MOTOR CARS; FOOTWEAR; CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY; MISCELLANEOUS MADE-UP ARTICLES OF TEXTILE HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES; GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS; AND CLOTHING.
BY
WATCHES; MATERIALS;
TELEVISION SETS,
RADIOS,
APRIL
ROSE
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES 23%
IN APRIL 1991 AS COMPARED WITH
1990. SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR MAN-MADE FIBRES; COTTON YARN AND THREAD:
PLASTIC MOULDING CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS;
HAIR: MATERIALS; FABRICS OF WOOL AND MIXTURES; WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL MOVEMENTS, RAW COTTON; WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK; WATCH AND CLOCK AND PARTS; AND IRON AND STEEL.
CASES
/HOWEVER, DECREASES