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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1981

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ALL TRANS ISTORIZED

RADIOS

+ 9%

+12%

3%

ELECTRONIC

+ 9%

+16%

6%

COMPONENTS

FOOTWEAR

+28%

+ 5%

+22%

METAL MANUFACTURES

-15%

+ 7%

-20%

METAL ORES AND

-23%

3%

-21%

SCRAP

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

496

-14%

+11%

COMMODITY GROUPS

+17%

+15%

+ 0%

NOT SPECIFIED

ABOVE

ALL COMMOD IT IES

+11%

+11%

INSIGNIFICANT

THE EXPORT PRICES OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED, FROM 5 PER CENT FOR FOOTWEAR TO 16 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 14 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

CONS IDERABLE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS RECORDED FOR TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+49 PER CENT) AND FOOTWEAR (+22 PER CENT). HOWEVER, THE EXPORT VOLUME OF METÁL MANUFACTURES AND METAL ORES AND SCRAP DECLINED BY 20 PER CENT AND 21 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

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

CHANGES COMPARING AUGUST 1981 WITH AUGUST 1980

IMPORT

VALUE

IMPORT UNIT VALUE

IMPORT

VOLUME

FOODSTUFFS

+11%

+20%

8%

CONSUMER GOODS

+14%

+ 5%

+ 9%

FUELS

+

6%

+30%

-19%

RAW MATERIALS

+26%

+10%

+14%

AND SEMI-

MANUFACTURES

CAPITAL GOODS

+25%

+13%

+11%

ALL COMMODITIES

+19%

+12%

+ 7%

WITH THE