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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1981

PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE, AUGUST 1981

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THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 11 PER CENT AND THOSE OF IMPORTS BY 12 PER CENT IN AUGUST 1981 COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1980, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (SUNDAY) 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) DECLINED MARGINALLY.

THE VOLUME OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT WHILE THAT OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS SHOWED INSIGNIFICANT CHANGE. THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT, WITH VOLUME UP BY 20 PER CENT, SO THAT FOR TOTAL EXPORTS, PRICES ROSE BY 10 PER CENT AND VOLUME ROSE BY 5 PER CENT.

FOR THE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD TO AUGUST 1981 AS COMPARED WITH THE TWELVE MONTHS TO AUGUST 1980, THE PRICES OF BOTH DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND IMPORTS ROSE BY 9 PER CENT AND THOSE OF RE-EXPORTS BY 8 PER CENT. THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 5 PER CENT AND OF RE-EXPORTS BY 37 PER CENT. GIVING A 14 PER CENT INCREASE IN THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS AS AGAINST A 16 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 1-

CHANGES COMPARING AUGUST 1981 WITH AUGUST 1980

EXPORT

VALUE

EXPORT UNIT VALUE

EXPORT VOLUME

CLOTHING (EXCEPT

FUR)

+ 9%

+13%

-

3%

TEXTILE FABRICS

+13%

+ 6%

+ 6%

TEXTILE YARN AND

+65%

+10%

+49%

THREAD

TEXTILE MADE-UPS

1%

+14%

-13%

AND RELATED

ARTICLES

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