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SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1981

CHANGES COMPARING JANUARY 1981 WITH JANUARY 1980

IMPORT

VALUES

IMPORT UNIT

VALUES

IMPORT

VOLUMES

FOODSTUFFS

+30%

+14%

+14%

CONSUMER GOODS

+45%

+ 2%

+42%

FUELS

+35%

+34%

+ 1%

RAW MATERIALS

AND SEMI-

MANUFACTURES

+26%

+ 6%

+20%

CAPITAL GOODS

+23%

+ 6%

+16%

ALL COMMODITIES

+31%

+ 8%

+22%

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FUELS, THE PRICES OF WHICH JUMPED BY 34 PER CENT, THE PRICES OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY INCREASED MODERATELY, RANGING FROM 2 PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS TO 14 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS.

MOST IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS ROSE IN VOLUME TERMS, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING VEGETABLES AND FRUIT. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD FELL.

IN THE CONSUMER GOODS CATEGORY, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING, CAMERAS AND APPARATUS FOR PHOTOGRAPHY, RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS AND TAPE RECORDERS, AND HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT. THE IMPORT VOLUME OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES DECLINED.

TERMS.

IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED SLIGHTLY BY 1 PER CENT IN VOLUME

THE IMPORTS VOLUMES OF VARIOUS KINDS OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES SHOWED A MIXED TREND. WHEREAS PURCHASES OF FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FIBRES, IRON AND STEEL, WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR ROSE SUBSTANTIALLY, DEMAND FOR CRÚDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS, COTTON YARN AND THREAD, AND RAW COTTON DECLINED.

AS FOR CAPITAL GOODS, INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR OFFICE MACHINES AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.

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

/CHANGES VO. PARING