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PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE FOR JULY

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THE PRICES OF BOTH DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND IMPORTS ROSE BY 10 PER CENT IN JULY 1981 COMPARED WITH JULY 1980, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

AS A RESULT, THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX (EXPRESSED AS A RATIO OF THE DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICE INDEX TO THE IMPORT PRICE INDEX) REMAINED UNCHANGED.

THE VOLUME OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY 21 PER CENT WHILE THAT OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 10 PER CENT. THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 8 PER CENT, WITH VOLUME UP BY 29 PER CENT, SO THAT FOR TOTAL EXPORTS, PRICES ROSE BY 9 PER CENT AND VOLUME ROSE BY 15 PER CENT.

FOR THE TWELVE MONTH PERIOD TO JULY 1981 AS COMPARED WITH THE TWELVE MONTHS TO JULY 1980, THE PRICES OF EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 8 PER CENT AND THOSE OF IMPORTS BY 9 PER CENT.

THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 6 PER CENT AND OF RE-EXPORTS BY 39 PER CENT, GIVING A 15 PER CENT INCREASE IN THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS AS AGAINST A 17 PER CENT INCREASE IN THE VOLUME OF IMPORTS.

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 BELOW:

CHANGES COMPARING JULY 1981 WITH JULY 1980

EXPORT

VALUE

EXPORT UNIT VALUE

EXPORT VOLUME

CLOTHING (EXCEPT FUR)

+23%

+12%

+ 9%

TEXTILE FABRICS

+40%

+ 7%

+31%

TEXTILE YARN AND

THREAD

+31%

+13%

+16%

TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND

RELATED ARTICLES

INSIGNIFICANT

+15%

-13%

ALL TRANSISTORISED

RADIOS

+ 7%

+11%

49%

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS