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FRIDAY, DECEMBE 11, 1981

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP ARE SHOWN BELOW:

CHANGES COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1981 WITH SEPTEMBER 1980

EXPORT VALUE

EXPORT

EXPORT

UNIT VALUE

VOLUME

CLOTHING (EXCEPT FUR)

+33

+15

+16

TEXTILE FABRICS

+39

+11

+24

TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD

+54

+ 8

+43

TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND

RELATED ARTICLES

+18

+16

ALL TRANSISTORISED

RADIOS

+16

+15

+1

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

- 4

+11

-14

FOOTWEAR

+48

+12

+32

METAL MANUFACTURES

- 2

+

3

- 5

METAL ORES AND SCRAP

-43

- 3

-41

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

+16

-12

+32

COMMODITY GROUPS NOT

SPECIFIED ABOVE

ALL COMMODITIES

+37 +28

+17

+17

+12

+14

THE EXPORT PRICES OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED, FROM THREE PER CENT FOR METAL MANUFACTURES TO 16 PER CENT FOR TEXTILE MADE-UPS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE EXPORT PRICES OF METAL ORES AND SCRAP, AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS, FELL BY THREE PER CENT AND 12 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

CONSIDERABLE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS RECORDED FOR TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+43 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+32 PER CENT) AND FOOTWEAR (+32 PER CENT). HOWEVER, THE EXPORT VOLUME OF METAL MANUFACTURES, AND METAL ORES AND SCRAP, DECLINED BY FIVE PER CENT AND 41 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

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

CHANGES COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1981 WITH SEPTEMBER 1980

IMPORT VALUE

IMPORT UNIT VALUE

IMPORT VOLUME

FOODSTUFFS

+14

+21

- 6

CONSUMER GOODS

+24

+6

+17

FUELS

9

+28

-28

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

+32

+12

+18

CAPITAL GOODS

ALL COMMODITIES

+39 +25

+14

+21

+13

+10

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FOODSTUFFS AND FUELS, THE PRICES OF WHICH JUMPED BY 21 PER CENT AND 28 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, THE PRICES OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY INCREASED MODERATELY, RANGING FROM SIX PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS TO 14 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS.

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