XN000022-1980-10-10 — Page 3

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1980

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.

CHANGES IN THE VALUES, UNIT VALUES AND VOLUMES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY ARE ANALYSED AS FOLLOWS:

CHANGES COMPARING JULY 1980 WITH JULY 1979

EXPORT EXPORT UNIT VALUES

EXPORT

VALUES

VOLUMES

CLOTHING (EXCEPT FUR)

+ 13%

+ 10%

3%

TEXTILE FABRICS

4%

4%

8%

TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD

8%

6%

2%

TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND

RELATED ARTICLES

+ 20%

8%%

+ 11%

ALL TRANSISTORIZED RADIOS

+ 12%

5%%

7%

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

+ 26%

+ 11%

+ 13%

FOOTWEAR

+ 13%

+ 14%

LESS THAN 0.5%

METAL MANUFACTURES

+ 19%

+ 15%

3%

METAL ORES AND SCRAP

+ 55%

8%

+ 44%

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

+ 44%

7%

+ 54%

ALL COMMODITIES

+ 18%

9%

+ 8%

APART FROM WATCHES AND CLOCKS, THE EXPORT PRICES OF WHICH DROPPED BY 7 PER CENT, EXPORT PRICES OF THE MAJOR COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED AT VARYING RATES, FROM A 4 PER CENT INCREASE FOR TEXTILE FABRICS TO A 15 PER CENT INCREASE FOR METAL MANUFACTURES.

CONSIDERABLE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS NOTED FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+ 54%), METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+ 44 AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+ 13%). HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TEXTILE FABRICS (-8%),

CHANGES IN THE VALUES, UNIT VALUES AND VOLUMES OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE AS FOLLOWS:

/UNBREADS COMPARING