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ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANU OIL AND LARD, AS WELL AS TEA AND COFFEE DROPPED.

IN THE CONSUMER GOODS CATEGORY, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING, RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS AND TAPE RECORDERS, AND TEXTILE MADE-UPS.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF PASSENGER MOTOR CARS DECLINED.

IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 78 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED. PURCHASES OF YARN OF MAN-MADE FIBRES, COTTON YARN AND THREAD, AND FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FIBRES ROSE SUBSTANTIALLY, WHEREAS DEMAND FOR WOOLLEN YARN AND MAN-MADE FIBRES FELL.

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

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

CHANGES COMPARING JULY 1981 WITH JULY 1980

RE-EXPORT

RE-EXPORT

RE-EXPORT

VALUE

UNIT VALUE

VOLUME

FOODSTUFFS

+81%

+13%

+61%

CONSUMER GOODS

+32%

+ 1%

+31%

FUELS

+24%

+26%

-

1%

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

+43%

+11%

+29%

CAPITAL GOODS

+42%

+21%

+17%

ALL COMMODITIES

+40%

+ 8%

+29%

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FUELS, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF THE MAJOR END-USE CATEGORIES SHOWED SIGNIFICANT INCREASES, RANGING FROM 17 PER CENT FOR C' ITAL GOODS TO 61 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS.

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