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MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1981

PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE FOR APRIL

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PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND OF IMPORTS ROSE BY EIGHT PER CENT AND 11 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN APRIL 1981 COMPARED WITH APRIL 1980, STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT SHOW.

AS A RESULT, THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX (EXPRESSED AS A RATIO OF THE DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICE INDEX TO THE IMPORT PRICE INDEX) DECLINED BY THREE PER CENT. THE VOLUME OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY SEVEN PER CENT WHILE THAT OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE MARGINALLY.

THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 10 PER CENT, WITH VOLUME UP BY 32 PER CENT, SO THAT FOR TOTAL EXPORTS, PRICES ROSE BY EIGHT PER CENT AND VOLUME ROSE BY 10 PER CENT.

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.

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP ARE SHOWN BELOWI-

CHANGES COMPARING APRIL 1981 WITH APRIL 1980

EXPORT

VALUE

EXPORT UNIT VALUE

CLOTHING (EXCEPT FUR)

+ 6%

+ 8%

TEXTILE FABRICS

+11%

5%

EXPORT

VOLUME

1% + 5%

TEXTILE YARN AND

THREAD

-26%

+ 8%

TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND

RELATED ARTICLES

+ 5%

+12%

ALL TRANSISTOR ISED

RADIOS

9%

+10%

-32%

6%

-18%

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

+24%

+18%

+ 5%

FOOTWEAR

+23%

- 2%

+26%

METAL MANUFACTURES

- 6%

8%

-13%

METAL ORES AND SCRAP

-12%

2%

-10%

WATCHES AND CLOCKS ALL COMMODITIES

+36%

5%

+43%

+ 8%

8%

INSIGNIFICANT

THE EXPORT