XN000022-1981-10-04 — Page 5

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1981

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

FOOTWEAR

+25%

+49%

+18%

+ 3%

+ 5%

+45%

METAL MANUFACTURES

-

1%

+ 6%

7%

METAL ORES AND SCRAP

-24%

-3%

-22%

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

+18%

-12%

+34%

COMMODITY GROUPS NOT

SPECIFIED ABOVE

+21%

+13%

+ 7%

ALL COMMODITIES

+21%

+10%

+10%

THE EXPORT PRICES OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED, FROM

3 PER CENT FOR FOOTWEAR TO 18 PER CENT FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE EXPORT PRICES OF METAL ORES AND SCRAP, AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS, FELL BY 3 PER CENT AND 12 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY,

CONSIDERABLE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS RECORDED FOR FOOTWEAR (+45%) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+34%). HOWEVER, THE EXPORT VOLUME OF METAL ORES AND SCRAP DECLINED BY 22 PER CENT.

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN BELOW:

CHANGES COMPARING JULY 1981 WITH JULY 1980

IMPORT

IMPORT

IMPORT

VALUE

UNIT VALUE

VOLUME

FOODSTUFFS

+34%

+17%

+149%

CONSUMER GOODS

+25%

+ 5%

+19%

FUELS

+126%

+28%

+78%

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

+32%

+ 9%

+21%

CAPITAL GOODS

+16%

+10%

+ 5%

ALL COMMODITIES

+34%

+10%

+21%

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FUELS. THE PRICES OF WHICH JUMPED BY 28 PER CENT, THE PRICES OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY INCREASED MODERATELY, RANGING FROM 5 PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS TO 17 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS.

ONLY SOME MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS ROSE IN VOLUME TERMS, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING LIVE POULTRY, VEGETABLES, AND WHEAT AND FLOUR.