XN000022-1981-03-09 — Page 5

MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1981

IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 9 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.

THE IMPORT VOLUMES OF MOST RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES ROSE, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING WOOLLEN YARN, WOOLLEN AND ANIMAL HAIR, COTTON YARN AND THREAD, CLAY AND REFRACTORY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, BASE METALS AND FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FIBRES. ON THE OTHER HAND, IMPORT DEMAND FOR DYEING, TANNING AND COLOURING MATERIALS, CHEMICAL ELEMENTS AND COMPOUNDS, AND PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS DECLINED.

AS FOR CAPITAL GOODS, MAJOR INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.

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

CHANGES COMPARING 1980 WITH 1979

RE-EXPORT

VALUES

RE-EXPORT UNIT VALUES

RE-EXPORT VOLUMES

FOODSTUFFS

+ 21%

5%

+ 15%

CONSUMER GOODS

+ 52%

6%

+ 43%

FUELS

+ 48%

+ 54%

4%

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

+ 53%

+ 13%

+ 36%

CAPITAL GOODS

+ 50%

+ 10%

+ 37%

ALL COMMODITIES

+ 50%

+ 10%

+ 37%

APART FROM FUELS, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF WHICH DECLINED BY 4 PER CENT, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS, RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES, AND CAPITAL GOODS ALL SHOWED SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES (AT 43%, 36% AND 37% RESPECTIVELY), RE-EXPORTS OF FOODSTUFFS ALSO INCREASED BY 15 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

CIVIL SERVANTS' FINANCE ADVISORY OFFICE TO OPEN ON THURSDAY ******

THE CIVIL SERVANTS' FINANCE ADVISORY OFFICE - AN INDEPENDENT OFFICE SET UP TO ASSIST INDEBTED CIVIL SERVANTS TO RESOLVE THE IR FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES — WILL OPEN ON THURSDAY (MARCH 12).

ITS MAIN FUNCTIONS ARE TO ARRANGE FOR INDIVIDUAL CIVIL SERVANTS TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON THEIR FINANCIAL PROBLEMS, AND ARRANGING FOR THE REFINANCING OF DEBTS BY MEANS OF LOANS FROM ONE OF THE VARIOUS BANKS OR DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES PARTICIPATING IN THE REFINANCING SCHEME.

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