XN000022-1980-04-18 — Page 7

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED ARTICLES

6

FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1980

(MAINLY

WATCHES AND

2 186

1 451

+ 735

51

CLOCKS,

ARTICLES OF

APPAREL)

FOOD AND LIVE

ANIMALS

1 622

1 326

+ 296

+ 22

CHIEFLY FOR

FOOD

CHEMICALS AND

1 296

831

+ 465

56

RELATED

PRODUCTS

MINERAL FUELS,

LUBRICANTS

AND RELATED

1 168

500

+ 668

+ 134

MATERIALS

BY COMMODITY, INCREASES IN IMPORTS WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN PETROLEUM AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $654 MILLION OR 136%), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $275 MILLION OR 53%), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $273 MILLION OR 38%), ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (BY $236 MILLION OR 92%), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $219 MILLION OR 52%), ROAD VEHICLES (BY $196 MILLION OR 75%) AS WELL AS CLOTHING (BY $165 MILLION OR 95%).

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $259 MILLION OR 244%), U.K. (BY $185 MILLION OR 620%), U.S.A. (BY $132 MILLION OR 56%), SWITZERLAND (BY $86 MILLION OR 186%), AND THE F.R. OF GERMANY (BY $68 MILLION OR 147%).

THE DEMAND FOR RE-EXPORTS CONTINUED TO RISE, PARTICULARLY FOR NON-FERROUS METALS (BY $135 MILLION OR 259%), METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $110 MILLION OR 3 456%), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $105 MILLION OR 72%), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $79 MILLION OR 59%), CLOTHING (BY $77 MILLION OR 78%), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $76 MILLION OR 113%).

THE TRADE INDICES FOR JANUARY 1980 (1973 = 100) WERE AS FOLLOWS:

VALUE INDEX

UNIT VALUE

INDEX

QUANTUM INDEX

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

308

172

179

IMPORTS

336

178

189

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