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TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1981

CONSIDERABLE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS NOTED FOR METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+105%), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+35%). HOWEVER, AN APPRECIABLE DECREASE WAS REGISTERED IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TEXTILE MADE-UPS (-25%) AND TEXTILE YARN (-23%).

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

CHANGES COMPARING NOV 1980 WITH NOV 1979

IMPORT UNIT

VALUES

IMPORT VALUES

IMPORT VOLUMES

FOODSTUFFS

+ 17%

+ 11%

6%

CONSUMER GOODS

+ 45%

INSIGNIFICANT

+ 46%

FUELS

+136%

+ 31%

+ 81%

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

+ 20%

5%

+ 14%

CAPITAL GOODS

+ 28%

7%

+ 20%

ALL COMMODITIES

+ 32%

6%

+ 25%

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FUELS, THE PRICES OF WHICH JUMPED BY 31 PER CENT, AND CONSUMER GOODS, THE PRICES OF WHICH SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE, THE PRICES OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY INCREASED MODERATELY, RANGING FROM 5 PER CENT FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES TO 11 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS.

MOST IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS ROSE IN VOLUME TERMS, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING VEGETABLES AND LIVE POULTRY. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT VOLUMES OF TEA AND COFFEE, AND SUGAR FELL.

IN THE CONSUMER GOODS CATEGORY, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS AND TAPE RECORDERS, CLOTHING, TEXTILE MADE-UPS, FOOTWEAR, AND PASSENGER MOTOR CARS. THE IMPORT VOLUME OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES DECLINED.

IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 81 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.

THE IMPORT VOLUMES OF VARIOUS KINDS OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES SHOWED A MIXED TREND, WHEREAS PURCHASES OF WOOLLEN YARN AND MIXTURES, WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR, FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FIBRES, CLAY AND REFRACTORY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, MAN-MADE FIBRES AND BASE METALS ROSE SUBSTANTIALLY, DEMAND FOR DYEING, TANNING AND COLOURING MATERIALS, RAW COTTON, PAPER AND PAPERBOARD, AS WELL AS CHEMICAL ELEMENTS AND COMPOUND DECLINED.

AS FOR CAPITAL GOODS, MAJOR INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS A D APPARATUS, AND OFFICE MACHINES.

/THE CHANGES