TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1992
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 3% IN SEPTEMBER 1992 AS COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1991.
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF TEA AND COFFEE; WHEAT AND FLOUR; AND ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES. HOWEVER, CONSIDERABLE DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL, VEGETABLE OIL AND LARD; SUGAR: AND VEGETABLES.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 31%.
COMMODITY ITEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME INCLUDED PASSENGER MOTOR CARS; WATCHES; TOBACCO MANUFACTURES; AND RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED BY 12% IN SEPTEMBER 1992 AS COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1991.
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR BASE METALS (OTHER THAN IRON AND STEEL); THERMIONIC CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS; WOVEN FABRICS OF WOOL AND MIXTURES; AND IRON AND STEEL,
HOWEVER, CONSIDERABLE DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW COTTON; SILK FABRICS; MAN-MADE FIBRES; AND YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES.
IMPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 7% IN VOLUME IN SEPTEMBER 1992 AS COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1991.
AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 39% IN SEPTEMBER 1992 OVER SEPTEMBER 1991.
NOTABLE INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY; OFFICE MACHINES; AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT.
THE IMPORT PRICES OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN SEPTEMBER 1992 OVER SEPTEMBER 1991 : CAPITAL GOODS (+3%); CONSUMER GOODS (+2%); FUELS (+2%); AND FOODSTUFFS (+1%).
HOWEVER, THE IMPORT PRICES OF RAW MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURES DECREASED BY 2%.
SEMI-
THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF CAPITAL GOODS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY BY 46% IN SEPTEMBER 1992 COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1991. THAT OF CONSUMER GOODS; FUELS; RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES; AND FOODSTUFFS REGISTERED INCREASES OF 29%, 19%, 16%, AND 12%
RESPECTIVELY.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS, CAPITAL GOODS AND CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 3%, 3%
RESPECTIVELY.
AND 2%
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