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PRICES WERE
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT RECORDED FOR TEXTILE FABRICS (-7.7%); TEXTILF YARN AND THREAD (-3.8%); AND TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-3.0%).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FOODSTUFFS SLIGHTLY JANUARY 1994 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1993.
BY
INCREASED BY 1.4%
IN
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT WHEAT AND FLOUR; ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES; VEGETABLE; AND MEAT PREPARATION. HOWEVER, CONSIDERABLE DECREASES WERE IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SUGAR: RICE; AND FRUFT.
VOLUME OF AND MEAT RECORDED
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON,
THE IMPORT VOLUME
OF
CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 25%.
COMMODITY
APPARATUS
IMPORT VOLUME
ITEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN INCLUDED RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS
CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT
AND AND
SUPPLIES FOR AMPLIFIERS;
AND PHOTOGRAPHY;
TYPE HOUSEHOLD
HOWEVER, APPLIANCES. ELECTRICAL DECREASE IN IMPORT VOLUME WAS NOTED FOR PASSENGER MOTOR CARS.
AND MATERIALS
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW
SENI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED BY 37% IN JANUARY 1994 AR COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1993.
THREAD;
MAN-MADE
AND
WAS
PAPER DECREASE
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR FIBRES: WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK: COTTON YARN AND PAPERBOARD; AND
CONSIDERABLE HOWEVER, SILK FABRICS. RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR.
IMPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 27% IN VOLUME IN JANUARY 1994 COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1993.
AS
AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 22% IN JANUARY 1994 OVER JANUARY 1993.
NOTABLE INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF OFFICE SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL. MACHINES; ELECTRICAL MACHINERY: AND
THE MEASURING AND
INSTRUMENTS AND CONTROLLING VOLUME OF TEXTILE MACHINERY AND CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY DECLINED.
APPARATUS.
IMPORT
OF
COMPARING JANUARY 1994 WITH JANUARY 1993, THE IMPORT PRICES
BY
1.7% GOODS;
CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED
2.0% AND CAPITAL
AND RESPECTIVELY, THE IMPORT PRICES OF FUELS; AND FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY RAW MATERIALS AND 17% AND 1.8% RESPECTIVELY. THE IMPORT PRICES OF SEMI-MANUFACTURES REMAINED VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
COMPARING JANUARY 1994 WITH JANUARY EXPORTS OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED: MANUFACTURES
CAPITAL GOODS
(+59%);
FUELS (+17%); AND FOODSTUFFS
(+14%).
(+32%);
RE-EXPORTS
1993, THE VOLUME RAW MATERIALS
OF RE- AND SEMI- (+29%);
CONSUMER GOODS
/OVER THE
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