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TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1993
VOLUME AND PRICE MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN DECEMBER AND 1992
THE
VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS FOR 1992 RECORDED ONLY A SMALL INCREASE OF 0.3% OVER THAT IN 1991 WHILE THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 28%, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
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TAKING DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER, THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 20%. IMPORTS INCREASED BY 22% IN VOLUME.
THE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF TRADE IS DERIVED FROM THE GROWTH IN TRADE VALUES WITH THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES BEING DISCOUNTED.
COMPARING 1992 WITH 1991, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 1.0% AND 0.7% RESPECTIVELY. IMPORT PRICES ROSE BY 0. 2%.
PRICE CHANGES ARE REFLECTED BY CHANGES IN UNIT VALUE WHICH ARE COMPILED BASED ON AVERAGE UNIT VALUES OR, FOR COMMODITIES, BASED ON SPECIFIC PRICE DATA.
INDICES, CERTAIN
THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX, DEFINED AS THE RATIO OF TOTAL EXPORT PRICE INDEX ΤΟ IMPORT PRICE INDEX, INCREASED BY 0.6% IN 1992 AS COMPARED WITH 1991.
COMPARING DECEMBER LAST YEAR WITH THE SAME MONTH IN 1991, THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS DECREASED BY 3.2% WHILE THAT OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 23%. THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 15%. VOLUME OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY 19%.
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OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED 0.3%, WHILE THOSE OF RE-EXPORTS DECREASED BY 0.2%. IMPORT PRICES DECREASED BY 1.4%.
COMPARING 1992 WITH 1991, THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS INCREASED BY 31% WHILE THAT METAL ORES AND SCRAP INCREASED BY 7.6%.
HOWEVER, CONSIDERABLE DECREASES IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED FOR DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-38%); FOOTWEAR (-27%); RADIO OF ALL KINDS (-25%); AND TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-20%).
AS REGARDS DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES, COMMODITY GROUPS THAT RECORDED SIGNIFICANT INCREASES INCLUDED TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+6.1%); FOOTWEAR (+3.9%); AND CLOTHING (+3.8%).
PRICES WERE
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT RECORDED FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-4.8%); RADIOS OP ALL KINDS (-4.0%); AND METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-3.7%).
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 9.0% IN 1992 AS COMPARED WITH 1991.
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