XN000022-1980-12-30 — Page 3

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1980

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PRICES ARE BASED ON UNIT VALUES WHICH DO NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT CHANGES IN THE COMPOSITION OR QUALITY OF 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 IS GIVEN BELOW:

CHANGES COMPARING OCT 1980 WITH OCT 1979

EXPORT

VALUES

EXPORT UNIT

VALUES

EXPORT VOLUMES

CLOTHING (EXCEPT FUR)

+ 10%

+ 11%

1%

TEXTILE FABRICS

+ 13%

TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD

34%

++

1%

1%

+ 11% 35%

TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND

RELATED ARTICLES

+ 11%

ALL TRANSISTORIZED RADIOS

+ 22%

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

+ 72%

+ 11%

+ 11%

INSIGNIFICANT

2%

+ 19%

+ 54%

FOOTWEAR

+ 23%

+ 11%

+ 11%

METAL MANUFACTURES

+ 22%

+ 17%

5%

METAL ORES AND SCRAP

+107%

5%

+ 98%

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

+ 37%

+ 15%

+1

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7%

9%

+ 47% 6%

ALL COMMODITIES

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 1 PER CENT INCREASE FOR BOTH TEXTILE YARN AND TEXTILE FABRICS TO A 17 PER CENT INCREASE FOR METAL MANUFACTURES.

CONSIDERABLE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS NOTED FOR METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+98 PER CENT), ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+54 PER CENT), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+47 PER CENT). HOWEVER AN APPRECIABLE DECREASE WAS REGISTERED IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-35 PER CENT).

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

CHANGES COMPARING OCT 1980 WITH OCT 1979

IMPORT UNIT

VALUES

IMPORT

VALUES

IMPORT VOLUMES

FOODSTUFFS

+ 21%

CONSUMER GOODS

+ 38%

+ 10% INSIGNIFICANT

+ 10% + 38%

FUELS

41%

+ 34%

56%

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

CAPITAL GOODS ALL COMMODITIES

8%

6%

2%

15%

+ 15%

++

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7%

7%

7%

8%

WITH THE