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NOTABLE DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF TEXTILE AND MACHINERY; INDUSTRIAL
TEXTILE MACHINERY MACHINERY, OTHER THAN
HOWEVER, THE IMPORT ELECTRICAL MACHINERY; AND CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY.
AND MEASURING
CONTROLLING VOLUME OF SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS INCREASED.
OF
COMPARING FEBRUARY 1994 WITH FEBRUARY 1993, THE IMPORT
PRICES AND SEMI- MATERIALS
THE RESPECTIVELY.
BY 18% AND 0.8%
RAW GOODS, AND
BY
1.5% 2.8%, 2.4% AND FUELS AND FOODSTUFFS DECREASED
GOODS, INCREASED
CONSUMER
PRICES OF
CAPITAL MANUFACTURES IMPORT
RESPECTIVELY.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
RE-EXPORTS
RE- COMPARING FEBRUARY 1994 WITH FEBRUARY 1993, THE VOLUME OF
AND 5.5% EXPORTS OF FOODSTUFFS AND CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 13% RESPECTIVELY. HOWEVER, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF CAPITAL GOODS, RAW AND MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES, AND FUELS DECREASED BY 21%, 12% 3.8% RESPECTIVELY.
1.2%
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF CAPITAL GOODS, CONSUMER GOODS AND FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 2.2%.
AND
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE RE-EXPORT RESPECTIVELY. FUELS,
AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES DECREASED BY 1.2% RESPECTIVELY,
1.3% PRICES OF 16% AND
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