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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1994
THE SIGNIFICANT
RECORDED FOR THE
GROWTH
VARIOUS TRADE AGGREGATES IN JUNE THIS YEAR WAS, HOWEVER, PARTLY DUE TO A LOW BASE OF COMPARISON IN JUNE LAST YEAR.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS REMAINED VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED, WHILE THOSE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY 1.3%. IMPORT PRICES INCREASED BY 1.6%.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.
COMPARING JUNE 1994 WITH JUNE 1993, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES RECORDED INCREASES OF VARIOUS MAGNITUDES: CAPITAL GOODS (+23%), RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+23%), CONSUMER GOODS (+17%) AND FOODSTUFFS (+17%). THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF FUELS, HOWEVER, DECREASED BY 6.4%.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON. THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF FOODSTUFFS, CONSUMER GOODS, CAPITAL GOODS, AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI- MANUFACTURES, INCREASED BY 1.8%, 0.7%, 0.6% AND 0.3% RESPECTIVELY. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE RE-EXPORT PRICES OF FUELS DECREASED BY 14%.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY GROUP ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.
COMPARING JUNE 1994 WITH JUNE 1993, COMMODITY GROUPS WHICH RECORDED INCREASES IN VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCLUDED ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+17%) AND METAL MANUFACTURES (+15%).
ON THE OTHER HAND, CONSIDERABLE DECREASES IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED FOR RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-44%) AND FOOTWEAR (-26%).
COMMODITY GROUPS THAT RECORDED INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES INCLUDED ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+5.2%), AND TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+3.6%).
PRICES WERE
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT RECORDED FOR FOOTWEAR (-7.3%), METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-1.4%) AND TEXTILE FABRICS (-0.9%).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
BY
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 21% IN JUNE 1994 AS COMPARED WITH JUNE 1993.
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF WHEAT AND FLOUR; AND SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL, VEGETABLE OIL AND LARD. HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RICK AND CATTLE.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 18%.
/COMMODITY ITEMS