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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1980

PHOTOGRAPHERS AND CAMERAMEN ASSIGNED TO COVER THE ARRIVAL SHOULD BRING THEIR IDENTITY CARDS OR PASSPORTS TO FACILITATE ENTRY INTO THE RESTRICTED AREA.

THEY ARE REQUESTED TO ASSEMBLE IN THE AIRPORT PRESS ROOM AT 8.40 PM ON SEPTEMBER 22. GIS OFFICERS WILL BE PRESENT TO ASSIST.

PRICE MOVEMENT OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN FIRST HALF OF 1980

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THE PRICES FOR BOTH DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND IMPORTS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR ROSE BY 12 PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1979, ACCORDING TO THE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

HOWEVER, A SLIGHTLY LARGER INCREASE IN VOLUME WAS REGISTERED FOR IMPORTS (+ 20%) THAN FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS (+ 18%). FOR RE-EXPORTS, PRICES ROSE BY 12 PER CENT WHILE THE VOLUME SHOWED A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE OF 29 PER CENT.

PRICES ARE BASED ON UNIT VALUES WHICH DO NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT CHANGES IN THE COMPOSITION OR QUALITY OF THE GOODS TRADED, CHANGES IN THE VOLUME OF TRADE ARE DERIVED FROM CHANGES IN TRADE VALUES, AFTER DISCOUNTING THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES.

AN ANALYSIS OF THE CHANGES IN THE VALUES, UNIT VALUES AND VOLUMES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR AGAINST SAME PERIOD IN 1979 IS AS FOLLOWS:

EXPORT VALUES

EXPORT UNIT

VALUES

EXPORT VOLUMES

CLOTHING (EXCEPT FUR)

+ 23%

+ 14%

8%

TEXTILE FABRICS

+ 16%

+ 11%

4%

TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD

+ 43%

+ 13%

+ 26%

TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND

RELATED ARTICLES

+ 40%

+ 16%

+ 21%

ALL TRANSISTORIZED RADIOS

+ 58%

9%

+ 45%

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

+ 43%

+ 13%

+ 26%

FOOTWEAR

+ 27%

9%

→ 17%

METAL MANUFACTURES

+ 45%

+ 20%

+ 21%

METAL ORES AND SCRAP

+130%

+ 19%

+ 93%

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

+ 55%

4%

+ 62%

ALL COMMODITIES

+ 33%

+ 12%

+ 18%

/APART FROM