WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1992
AS REGARDS PRICE CHANGES OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF
COMPARISON,
THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS, RE-EXPORTS AND IMPORTS ALL ROSE BY 2%. THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX (EXPRESSED AS A RATIO OF TOTAL EXPORT PRICE INDEX TO IMPORT PRICE INDEX) INCREASED BY 1%.
PRICES ARE BASED ON UNIT VALUES WHICH DO NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT CHANGES IN THE COMPOSITION OR QUALITY OF GOODS TRADED, EXCEPT FOR SOME SELECTED COMMODITIES FOR WHICH SPECIFICATION PRICE INDEXES ARE AVAILABLE,
THE
COMPARING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 1991 WITH NOVEMBER
1990, VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS DECREASED BY 7%, WHILE THAT OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 20%.
TAKING THEM TOGETHER, THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 10%. THE VOLUME OF IMPORTS GREW BY 10%.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 1% WHILE THOSE OF RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 2%. IMPORT PRICES WERE VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY GROUP FOR NOVEMBER 1991 AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1990 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
COMMODITY GROUPS WHICH RECORDED MODERATE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN NOVEMBER 1991 OVER NOVEMBER 1990 INCLUDED TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+4%); CLOTHING (+3%); AND TEXTILE FABRICS (+1%).
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED IN FOOTWEAR (-45%); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-36%); TEXTILE MADE- UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-29%); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-23%); METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-19%); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-17%); ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-14%); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-12%); AND METAL MANUFACTURES (-2%).
THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN NOVEMBER 1991 AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1990.
THESE INCLUDED TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+6%); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+5%); FOOTWEAR (+4%); TEXTILE FABRICS (+3%); CLOTHING (+3%); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+2%); METAL MANUFACTURES (+2%); AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+1%).
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HOWEVER, DRCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED METAL, ORKS AND SCRAP (-10%); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-4%); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-3%); AND TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-1%).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS END-USE CATEGORY FOR NOVEMBER 1991 AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1990 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.
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