XN000022-1981-05-31 — Page 6

SUNDAY, MAY 31, 1981

CONSIDERABLE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS NOTED FOR METAL ORES AND SCRAP (49%), FOOTWEAR (+45%), AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+38%). HOWEVER, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN THE EXPORT VOLUMES OF TRANSISTORIZED RADIOS (-9%), METAL MANUFACTURES (-10%), AND TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-15%).

THE CHANGES IN THE BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE

VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS SHOWN BELOW:

CHANGES COMPARING MARCH 1981 WITH MARCH 1980

IMPORT

VALUE

IMPORT UNIT VALUE

IMPORT VOLUME

FOODSTUFFS

+18%

+17%

+ 1%

CONSUMER GOODS

+40%

+ 6%

+33%

FUELS

+70%

+42%

+20%

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

+13%

+ 7%

+ 6%

CAPITAL GOODS

+34%

+ 7%

+25%

ALL COMMODITIES

+26%

+10%

+15%

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FUELS, THE PRICE OF WHICH JUMPED BY 42 PER CENT, THE PRICES OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY INCREASED MODERATELY, RANGING FROM 6 PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS, TO 17 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS.

SOME IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS ROSE IN VOLUME TERMS, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS, AND LIVE POULTRY. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT VOLUMES OF CEREAL AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS, AS WELL AS MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS FELL.

IN THE CONSUMER GOODS CATEGORY, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR CAMERAS AND APPARATUS FOR PHOTOGRAPHY, TEXTILE MADE-UPS, CLOTHING, HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, AS WELL AS RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS AND TAPE RECORDERS. THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SOAPS, AND POLISHING PREPARATIONS DECLINED.

CLEANSING

IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 20 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.

THE IMPORT VOLUMES OF VARIOUS KINDS OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES SHOWED A MIXED TREND. WHEREAS PURCHASES OF FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FIBRES, WOOL AND ANIMAL HAIR, AND YARN OF MAN-MADE FIBRES ROSE SUBSTANTIALLY, DEMAND FOR RAW COTTON, WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK, AND PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS DECLINED,

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