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THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1992
AS A RESULT, THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX (EXPRESSED AS A RATIO TOTAL EXPORT PRICE INDEX TO IMPORT PRICE INDEX) INCREASED BY 2%.
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PRICE CHANGES ARE REFLECTED BY CHANGES IN UNIT VALUE INDEXES, WHICH ARE COMPILED BASED ON AVERAGE UNIT VALUES OR, FOR CERTAIN COMMODITIES, BASED ON SPECIFIC PRICE DATA.
THE
CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED IN INTERPRETING THE CHANGES IN VOLUME OF TRADE IN ANY INDIVIDUAL MONTH IN ISOLATION, IN VIEW OF THE FLUCTUATIONS THAT MAY OCCUR FROM MONTH TO MONTH.
IN PARTICULAR, TRADE FIGURES FOR JANUARY THIS YEAR ARE AFFECTED
BY THE TIMING OF THE LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS.
COMPARING THE THREE MONTHS ENDING JANUARY 1992 WITH THE THREE MONTHS ENDING JANUARY 1991, THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS DECREASED BY 8% WHILE THAT OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 19%.
TAKING THEM TOGETHER, THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 9%. 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%. PRICES INCREASED BY 1%.
IMPORT
EXTENDING THE PERIOD OF COMPARISON TO THE 12 MONTHS ENDING JANUARY 1992 WITH THE 12 MONTHS ENDING JANUARY 1991, THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS DECREASED BY 3% WHILE THAT OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 23%.
TAKING DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER, THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 14%. THE VOLUME OF IMPORTS ROSE BY 15%. OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS, RE-EXPORTS AND IMPORTS ALL INCREASED BY 2%.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY GROUP FOR JANUARY 1992 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1991 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS DECREASED IN JANUARY 1992 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1991.
THESE INCLUDED FOOTWEAR (-59%); TEXTILE FABRICS (-54%); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-48%); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-48%); METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-45%); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-43%); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-35%); CLOTHING (-22%); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
(-30%); ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-25%); AND METAL MANUFACTURES (-15%).
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES RECORDED AN INCREASE OF 32%.
THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MOST COMMODITY INCREASED IN JANUARY 1992 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1991.
GROUPS
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