TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1993
AND
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT TEA
COFFEE; ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES; FRUIT; BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS.
OF
VOLUME AND MILK,
HOWEVER, CONSIDERABLE DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SUGAR; AND SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL, VEGETABLE OIL AND LARD.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 26%.
COMMODITY ITEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME INCLUDED PASSENGER MOTOR CARS AND FOOTWEAR.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED BY 15% IN 1992 AS COMPARED WITH 1991.
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR; BASE METAL (OTHER THAN IRON AND STEEL); AND THERMIONIC CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, DIODES, TRANSISTORS ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS.
AND
HOWEVER, CONSIDERABLE DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MAN-MADE FIBRES AND SILK FABRICS.
IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 26% IN VOLUME IN 1992 AS COMPARED
WITH 1991.
AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 34% IN 1992 OVER 1991.
NOTABLE INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY; OFFICE MACHINES; OTHER INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY (OTHER THAN TEXTILE MACHINERY AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY}; SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; AND TEXTILE MACHINERY.
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GOODS;
COMPARING 1992 WITH 1991 THE IMPORT PRICES OF CONSUMER CAPITAL GOODS; AND FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 2.3%, 2.0% AND 0.4% RESPECTIVELY.
HOWEVER, THE IMPORT PRICES OF FUBLS; AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES DECREASED BY 8.2% AND 2.4% RESPECTIVELY.
THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN 1992 AS COMPARED WITH 1991: CAPITAL GOODS (+48%); FUELS (+28%); CONSUMER GOODS (+27%); RAW MATERIAL, AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+23%) AND FOODSTUFFS (+8.7%).
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF CONSUMER GOODS AND CAPITAL GOODS INCREASED BY 2.3% AND 1.4% RESPECTIVELY.
THE RE-EXPORT PRICES OF FUELS: RAW MANUFACTURES; AND FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY RESPECTIVELY.
MATERIALS AND SEMI 4.1%, 2.1% AND 0.1%
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