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THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1994'
THE VALUE OF IMPORTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1994 BILLION, AN INCREASE OF 9.8% OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1993.
WAS $255.9
TABLE 6 SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS OF PRINCIPAL COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
THE 10
THE COMPARING
FIRST QUARTER OF 1994 WITH THE SAME INCREASES WERE RECORDED 1993,
IN THE VALUE OF PRINCIPAL COMMODITY DIVISIONS.
PERIOD OF IMPORTS
IN
MOST
$6.3
AND
MORE NOTABLE INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY BILLION OR 35%); ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES,
PARTS THEREOF ELECTRICAL
(BY $3.6 BILLION OR
15%); NON-METALLIC MINERAL MANUFACTURES (BY
TEXTILES $2.0 BILLION OR 28%); BILLION OR 7.6%); FOOTWEAR (BY $1.6 BILLION OR 18%); APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND (BY $1.4 BILLION OR 13%); AND CLOTHING (BY $1.1 BILLION OR 6.1%).
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, A DECREASE IN THE VALUE OF RECORDED FOR ROAD VEHICLES (BY $2.2 BILLION OR 17%).
(BY $1.7 PHOTOGRAPHIC
CLOCKS
IMPORTS WAS
ALL THE TRADE STATISTICS DESCRIBED HERE ARE MEASURED AT CURRENT BETWEEN PRICES AND NO ACCOUNT HAS BEEN TAKEN OF THE CHANGES IN PRICES THE PERIODS OF COMPARISON.
A SEPARATE ANALYSIS OF THE VOLUME AND PRICE MOVEMENTS EXTERNAL TRADE FOR MARCH 1994 WILL BE RELEASED IN EARLY JUNE 1994.
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