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MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1982

CHANGES COMPARING JANUARY 1982 WITH JANUARY 1981

IMPORT

VALUE

IMPORT UNIT VALUE

IMPORT

VOLUME

FOODSTUFFS

+ 5%

+16%

9%

CONSUMER GOODS

7%

+ 8%

-14%

FUELS

4%

+10%

-13%

RAW MATERIALS AND

-14%

+15%

-25%

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

CAPITAL GOODS

+11%

+25%

-11%

ALL COMMODITIES

- 6%

+14%

-18%

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CAPITAL GOODS, THE PRICES OF WHICH JUMPED BY 25 PER CENT, THE PRICES OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY INCREASED MODERATELY. RANGING FROM EIGHT PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS TO 16 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS.

ONLY SOME MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS ROSE IN VOLUME TERMS, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING LIVE POULTRY AND SUGAR. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FRUIT, RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR AS WELL AS TEA AND COFFEE DECLINED.

IN THE CONSUMER GOODS CATEGORY, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR TOBACCO MANUFACTURES. THE IMPORT VOLUME OF PASSENGER MOTOR CARS AS WELL AS RADIOS TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS FELL CONSIDERABLY.

IMPORTS OF FUELS DROPPED BY 13 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES DECLINED, AMONG WHICH RAW COTTON, IRON AND STEEL, YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES AND MAN-MADE FIBRES DECREASED SUBSTANTIALLY. THE IMPORT VOLUME OF WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR ROSE.

AS FOR CAPITAL GOODS. MAJOR INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR OFFICE MACHINES AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT, WHEREAS SUBSTANTIAL DECREASE WAS REGISTERED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,

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

/CHANGES COMPARING