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MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1982

EXPORT VALUE

CLOTHING (EXCEPT

FUR)

TEXTILE FABRICS

-

8%

3%

CHANGES COMPARING JANUARY 1982 WITH JANUARY 1981

EXPORT UNIT VALUE

+ 9%

+11%

EXPORT

VOLUME

-16%

-12%

TEXTILE YARN AND

+ 7%

+ 3%

+ 5%

THREAD

TEXTILE MADE-UPS

INSIGNIFICANT

+27%

-21%

AND RELATED

ARTICLES

ELECTRONIC

-28%

+ 1%

-28%

COMPONENTS

FOOTWEAR

+26%

+12%

+13%

METAL

-22%

+ 5%

-26%

MANUFACTURES

METAL ORES AND

-42%

-18%

-30%

SCRAP

WATCHES AND

-

7%

-20%

+15%

CLOCKS

ALL COMMODITIES

- 2%

+ 9%

-10%

EXPORT PRICES OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED, FROM ONE PER CENT FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS TO 27 PER CENT FOR TEXTILE MADE-UPS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE EXPORT PRICES OF METAL ORES AND SCRAP, AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS, DECLINED BY 18 PER CENT AND 20 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

THE EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST COMMODITIES DECLINED. CONSIDERABLE DECREASES IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR METAL MANUFACTURES (-26 PER CENT), ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-28 PER CENT) AND METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-30 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, MODERATE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS RECORDED FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+15 PER CENT) AND FOOTWEAR (+13 PER CENT).

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

/CHANGES COMPARING