MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1992
THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX, DEFINED AS THE RATIO OF TOTAL PRICE INDEX TO IMPORT PRICE INDEX, INCREASED BY 1% IN THE FIRST MONTHS OF 1992 AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
COMPARING AUGUST 1992 WITH AUGUST 1991, THE VOLUME OF EXPORTS INCREASED BY 1% WHILE THAT OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 20%. THE VOLUME OF INCREASED BY 18%.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF EXPORTS, RE-EXPORTS AND IMPORTS ALL ROSE BY 1%.
EXPORT EIGHT
DOMESTIC BY 28%.
IMPORTS
DOMESTIC
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY GROUP ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
COMPARING AUGUST 1992 WITH AUGUST 1991, COMMODITY GROUPS WHICH RECORDED SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCLUDED METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+31%); AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+23%).
ON THE OTHER HAND, CONSIDERABLE DECREASES IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED FOR TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-42%); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-41%); TRAVEL HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-22%); AND FOOTWEAR (-20%).
GOODS,
WHICH
AS REGARDS DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES, THE COMMODITY GROUPS RECORDED SIGNIFICANT INCREASES INCLUDED FOOTWEAR (+6%); TEXTILE MADE- UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+5%); CLOTHING (+4%); AND METAL MANUFACTURES (+4%).
ON
THE OTHER HAND, THE DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES OF TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD; ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS; AND RADIOS OF ALL KINDS DECLINED BY 4%,
4% AND 3% RESPECTIVELY.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 9% IN AUGUST 1992
AS COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1991.
SIGNIFICANT DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF WHEAT AND FLOUR; SOYA BEAN OIL. PEANUT OIL, VEGETABLE OIL AND LARD; AND VEGETABLES.
HOWEVER, CONSIDERABLE INCREASE WAS RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 24%.
COMMODITY ITEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME INCLUDED PASSENGER MOTOR CARS; FOOTWEAR; AND CLOTHING. HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED BY 9% IN AUGUST 1992 AS COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1991.
/SIGNIFICANT INCREASES